The death toll from a suicide bombing on a military check post in Pakistan's North Waziristan region has reached 17, the military said on Sunday. ...
05:00 PM, Mar 24, 2013
A US drone strike killed a key Taliban commander, his deputy and eight others in northwest Pakistan, intelligence sources and tribal leaders said on January 3, deaths that could substantially alter the power balance in the Taliban heartland of Waziristan. Maulvi Nazir Wazir, also known as Mullah Nazir, was killed on January 2 night when missiles struck a mud house in South Waziristan, near the Afghan border, intelligence sources and...
05:39 PM, Jan 03, 2013
Pakistani intelligence officials say they have found the bodies of nine militants dumped in the North Waziristan tribal region. Three intelligence officials say the nine people were shot several times in the head and chest. ...
08:06 PM, Dec 31, 2012
Islamabad: US drones targeted three militant compounds in the lawless North Waziristan tribal region on Friday killing at least 18 insurgents, just a day after Pakistan summoned a top American diplomat to lodge protest over such attacks calling them a violation of its sovereignty. The CIA-operated spy planes targeted the militant compounds in Shawal region of North Waziristan tribal agency, which has witnessed a series of drone attacks in the...
05:36 PM, Aug 24, 2012
Washington: US military and intelligence officials are so frustrated with Pakistan's failure to stop local militant groups from attacking Americans in neighbouring Afghanistan that they have considered launching secret joint US-Afghan commando raids into Pakistan to hunt them down, officials told The Associated Press. But the idea, which US officials say comes up every couple of months, has been consistently rejected because the White House believes the chance of successfully...
05:43 PM, Jun 22, 2012
Islamabad: Taliban beheads 13 Pakistani soldiers Taliban fighters have killed 14 Pakistani soldiers in a key militant sanctuary along the Afghan border, beheading all but one of them and hanging two of the heads from wooden poles in the centre of town, officials say. The killings in Miran Shah, the main town in the North Waziristan tribal area, highlight the dilemma facing the military in dealing with an area used...
10:12 AM, May 08, 2012
Islamabad: US drones hit Pakistan's tribal region for a second time in as many days, killing six suspected militants in a targetted missile attack. The drones fired two missiles at two vehicles in North Waziristan, a day after the attacks resumed following a lull of two months in the aftermath of the deadly NATO strike that had killed 24 Pakistani soldiers and made ties with the country take a huge...
09:51 PM, Jan 12, 2012
Islamabad: Pakistan's army chief told parliament's defense committee the United States should focus on stabilising Afghanistan instead of pushing Pakistan to attack militant groups in a crucial border region, a committee member told Reuters on Wednesday. Army chief General Ashfaq Kayani also said Pakistan alone will decide if and when to launch a full-scale offensive in the North Waziristan region to attack Islamist militants. He also said the United States...
01:05 PM, Oct 19, 2011
Islamabad: A US drone aircraft targeted a house and a vehicle in Pakistan's restive North Waziristan tribal region on Sunday, killing four Taliban militants. The unmanned spy plane fired two missiles at the house and the vehicle near Mirali, a key town 30 km from Miranshah, the centre of North Waziristan Agency. Correspondents in the region said those killed were local Taliban militants though there was no official word on...
09:25 PM, Sep 11, 2011
Dera Ismail Khan: Pakistan still had no confirmation on Monday that al Qaeda's deputy chief had been killed in a recent US drone strike near the Afghan border, two days after American officials said his death was a major victory in the war against the group. Atiyah abd al-Rahman, a Libyan national, rose to the number two spot when Ayman al-Zawahri took the reins of al Qaeda after Osama bin...
10:17 PM, Aug 29, 2011
Peshawar: Undeterred by growing strains in its ties with its key ally Pakistan, US drones have stepped up strikes on the country's lawless tribal belt pounding the region with missiles targeting a rebel compound killing eight militants early Tuesday. The drones unleashed their lethal Hellfire missiles on a vehicle in South Waziristan tribal region killing the millitants, some of whom were believed to be foreign terrorists. The strike came less...
12:55 PM, Jul 12, 2011
Islamabad: The Pakistani military on Thursday said it was "under no pressure" to carry out anti-militancy operations in the restive North Waziristan even as it emphasised that US intelligence agencies will not be allowed to conduct any "independent operation" within the country. The announcement was made following a meeting of the Corps Commanders chaired by Army Chief Gen Ashfaq Parvez Kayani. The meeting reviewed the internal security situation in the...
09:56 PM, Jun 09, 2011
Islamabad: A bombing on Monday at a restaurant in a Pakistani tribal region near the Afghan border wounded 11 people, including four children, authorities said. The blast occurred in the town of Miran Shah in North Waziristan, said Muhammed Khan, a government official. The blast comes as the United States has put increasing pressure on Islamabad to root out terror groups believed to be running training camps in North Waziristan,...
04:35 PM, May 30, 2011
Miranshah (Pakistan): A NATO helicopter incursion into Pakistan's North Waziristan wounded two troops on Tuesday, local intelligence officials said, further ratcheting up tensions between Islamabad and the West. "It happened early morning," a Pakistani intelligence official in the region, who declined to be identified, told Reuters. "The helicopter hit a Pakistani check post on the border in the Datta Khel area." Another intelligence official said several Pakistani helicopters took off...
11:08 AM, May 17, 2011
A US drone fired missiles in North Waziristan tribal region on Thursday night. ...
12:45 AM, Oct 10, 2008
Colombo: Australian fast bowler Ryan Harris looks unlikely to start in the upcoming third and final cricket Test against Sri Lanka after scans revealed a hamstring strain. Harris had complained of a stiff right hamstring on the last day of the drawn second Test in Pallekele on Monday and underwent scans when the team drove to Colombo on Tuesday afternoon. Australia, leading 1-0 in the three-match series, are unlikely to...
06:23 PM, Feb 28, 2008
The army on Tuesday ruled out possibilities of a ceasefire. ...
07:45 PM, Oct 09, 2007
