
Islamabad: The death of a senior al-Qaeda leader in a US drone strike in Pakistan's tribal badlands, the first strike in almost two months, signaled that the US-Pakistan intelligence partnership is still in operation despite political tensions. The January 10 strike and its follow-up two days later were joint operations, a Pakistani security source based in the tribal areas said. They made use of Pakistani "spotters" on the ground and...

10:22 AM, Jan 23, 2012

Islamabad: Twenty suspected militants were killed in two US drone strikes in the restive South Waziristan tribal region of northwest Pakistan on Monday. In the first attack, a drone targeted a vehicle, killing eight suspects militants in Shawal area of South Waziristan Agency. Another drone strike several hours later in Mantoi area, about 30 km from South Waziristan's main town of Wana, killed 12 suspected militants. The drones fired four...

03:32 AM, Jun 28, 2011

Islamabad: A US drone strike Thursday in Pakistan's northwest tribal belt killed 22 suspected Taliban militants, officials said. Security officials said two missiles hit a house where the militants were taking shelter in Datta Khel town, 40 km west of Miranshah in North Waziristan district, Geo News reported. At least 15 other people were injured in the attacks, Dawn News said. According to DPA, the dead were Taliban militants. The...

03:17 PM, Mar 17, 2011

Islamabad: An unmanned US aircraft on Tuesday fired four missiles into two compounds in Pakistan's tribal region near the Afghan border, killing seven people, security officials said. The attack raised the death toll to 25 from drone airstrikes within 24 hours against suspected Taliban and Al Qaeda hideouts. An intelligence official said the drone fired two missiles at each compound Tuesday in the Ghulam Khan village near Miran Shah, the...

03:05 PM, Dec 28, 2010

Militant commander tells news agency he and Baitullah Mehsud are alive. ...

08:17 PM, Aug 10, 2009