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(Reuters) – A U.S. drone aircraft fired missiles into Pakistan’s North Waziristan region on Tuesday, killing 10 militants, the latest such strike on a major al Qaeda and Taliban sanctuary, officials and residents said.
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The attack targeted a militant compound in the Datta Kheil area, about 40 km (25 miles) west of North Waziristan’s main town [...]

Lahore, Mar. 15 (ANI): US President Barack Obama’s Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan, Richard Holbrooke, has said that the Pakistan Army is no longer interested in playing a role in the country’s volatile political scene.
The Daily Times quoted him as saying that while Pakistan’s political scenario is still complicated, the overall situation has improved [...]

Islamabad, Mar.13 (ANI): Following the recent surge in bloodshed in Pakistan, Britain has issued a travel advisory to its citizens warning them against travelling to the troubled country.
According to a statement issued by the British Embassy here, there is potential threat of terrorism and sectarian riots in Pakistan, and British nationals have been advised to [...]

Pakistan’s Taliban have claimed responsibility for a suicide car bomb attack on a police intelligence unit in the eastern city of Lahore that killed at least 13 people during Monday’s morning rush hour.
The Al Qaeda-backed group threatened more violence unless US drone aircraft strikes and Pakistani government offensives against its fighters stop.
Lahore’s top administrator, Sajjad [...]

PESHAWAR: The Taliban on Friday responded to the military’s allegations that the militants were being backed by India and Israel by distributing pamphlets that described the Pakistan Army as an “impure force” working at the behest of the CIA and FBI.
The local Taliban distributed the pamphlets at mosques after Friday prayers in Miranshah and other [...]

ISLAMABAD: Pakistani Taliban confirmed on Tuesday the death of a top militant commander Qari Muhammad Zafar who was targeted by US drone attack on February 24 in North Waziristan.
Qari Zafar, a former commander of Lashqar-i-Jahngvi, was heading five to 600 Punjabi Taliban in Waziristan and was wanted in the deadly March 2, 2006 bombing of [...]

ISLAMABAD: Several army personnel were injured Tuesday when a powerful bomb blast hit a military convoy in northwest Pakistan’s tribal area, a media report said.
An improvised explosive device (IED) exploded close to the convoy in Miranshah, the capital of North Waziristan, leaving several people injured, Xinhua news agency reported.
Pakistani security forces are conducting operations against [...]

Peshawar, Sep.8 (ANI): At least 15 more Taliban extremists were killed in Pakistan military’s counter insurgency operation and a drone attack in the Khyber and North Waziristan areas.

While 10 militants were killed in the Tirah valley during anti-militancy offensive, a US drone targeted an alleged militant hideout and a madrassa in Machikhel village in North [...]

Islamabad, Aug 24 (ANI): Interior Minister Rehman Malik has said that government forces had foiled a planned terrorist attack on parliament and buildings of the intelligence agency and other federal institutions last month.

“Pakistan’s parliament building was one target of a planned attack,” he said.

Giving details of the plan in an interview with CNN, he said [...]

Islamabad, Aug.19 (ANI): U.S. Central Command chief General David Petraeus has arrived here to hold discussions with Pakistan’s military leaders on expediting delivery of US equipment to Pakistan so it can expand its offensive against Taliban militants.

The Dawn quoted US officials as saying that the Pakistan Army is short of equipment, and needs them for [...]

Islamabad, July 9 (ANI): The Pakistan Army has claimed that Mullah Fazlullah, the chief of the Taliban’s Swat chapter, has been grievously wounded in an attack by security forces.

Addressing a joint press conference with Information Minister Qamar Zaman Kaira, the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) Director General (DG) Major General Athar Abbas said the Army [...]

Islamabad, July 5 (ANI): The Taliban has banned public gatherings, including ‘jirgas’ in North Waziristan, and warned that strict action would be taken against those who defy its orders.

According to sources, the banned outfit distributed pamphlets in Miranshah bazaar area of the province warning people against holding any meeting.

The pamphlet said that any type of [...]

Peshawar, July 2 (ANI): The Pakistan Army has ruled out any possibility of a military offensive against the Taliban in North Waziristan.

The Army has said it would honour the peace deal inked with local tribes in the region despite a sudden increase in attacks on security forces.

Dispelling fears about a probable attack, the [...]

Washington, July 1 (ANI): The Pakistan Army is planning an offensive against the Tehreek-e-Taliban (TTP) chief Baitullah Mehsud in his stronghold South Waziristan, but it seems that it is unaware of the massive threat that the region has in store.

The military will have to face a formidable army of extremists if Mehsud join hands with [...]

Peshawar, July 1 (ANI): More than 3000 people have been killed in extremist violence in Pakistan’s tribal areas so far, a report released by the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) secretariat has revealed.

The report, which lays out the monetary and human losses due to [...]

Rawalpindi, July 1 (ANI): The Taliban has slaughtered 18 of their own injured men in the Biha valley, the Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR) has claimed.

According to a daily update of the ISPR, the Taliban killed the injured associates as they were unable to move while the Army continued to advance further in their stronghold.

The [...]

Islamabad, June 30 (ANI): The Taliban has scrapped the peace deal it had inked with the government 16 months ago in North Waziristan.

According to sources, the announcement regarding the discontinuation of the nine-point peace agreement was made by the local Taliban shura (consultation).

The banned outfit has also said that it will continue the guerilla war [...]

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New York, June 22 (ANI): An Afghan journalist who was held captive by the Taliban for more than seven months along with a New York Times reporter has revealed details of their night time escape./pp
Afghan journalist Tahir Ludin said that the escape plan included weeks of careful plotting, taking advantage of weary guards and dropping [...]

Peshawar, June 21 (ANI): As the Pakistan Army intensified its offensive against the Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) chief Baitullah Mehsud in South Waziristan, some highly placed sources have revealed that the warlord along with his top commander, Maulana Fazalullah, has shifted base to Mirali region of North Waziristan.

According to sources, Mehsud and Fazalullah both [...]

New York, June 21 (ANI): A US journalist kidnapped by the Taliban in Afghanistan last year has managed to escape from the compound where he was being held, The New York Times reports.

David Rohde, a New York Times reporter who was kidnapped by the Taliban, escaped Friday night and made his way to freedom after [...]