A suicide bombing in a Pakistani market close to the Afghan border killed 16 people Friday, officials said, a day after the U.S. released letters seized from Osama bin Laden's compound that criticized Pakistani militants for killing too many (...)
rooted, noting that they support each other.
She stressed that the people of Pakistan highly appreciate and respect the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al Saud and the people of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia which is (...)
A Pakistani government official says a bomb has exploded at a market in a tribal region close to the Afghan border, targeting a group of anti-Taliban militiamen. One fighter was killed in the blast.
Tariq Khan, a local administrator in Salarzai (...)
A government official says more than 200 militants who crossed into Pakistan from Afghanistan attacked a border village, killing five people, as AP reported.
Sajid Khan says the militants attacked the village in the Bajur tribal region early (...)
A powerful bomb ripped through a restaurant at a market in a northwestern Pakistani tribal region near the Afghan border on Saturday, killing eight men and wounding 10 others, officials said.
The attack happened in the Salarzai area of troubled (...)
An official says food aid distribution centers have been closed temporarily in northwest Pakistan following a suicide bombing that killed 45 people outside a World Food Program depot.
Shafiq Khan, an official involved in the WFP food distribution (...)
Some 150 militants attacked five security posts in a tribal area near the Afghan border overnight, sparking a clash that killed three soldiers and 24 insurgents, the Pakistani military said Friday.
According to AP, the fighting in the Mohmand (...)
A suicide bomber on a motorcycle struck outside a government office in a tribal region where Pakistan's army has fought the Taliban, killing at least 18 people and wounding nearly 100 others Friday, according to AP.
The attack indicated that (...)
Paramilitary soldiers conducting a major operation in northwestern Pakistan engaged Taliban militants in fierce fighting that killed 10 soldiers and at least three dozen insurgents today, AP quoted officials as saying.
The clashes took place in (...)
Intelligence officials say suspected U.S. missiles have killed four alleged militants in a Pakistani tribal region near the Afghan border.
The three missiles were fired minutes apart at a moving vehicle in the Marsi Khel area in North Waziristan, (...)
500 licenses were revoked from foreign investors in 2009 following inspections of their activities, an official from the Saudi Arabian General Investment Authority (SAGIA) has said.
The Eastern Province Director of Service Centers at SAGIA, (...)
A government official says a suicide attacker has targeted a police checkpoint in northwestern Pakistan, killing at least seven civilians and two officers.
Bakhat Pacha said 10 people were also wounded in Saturday's attack in Khar which is the (...)
Pakistani security forces have killed 15 militants, including a senior commander, in separate clashes in the country"s northwest, officials said Thursday.
The deadliest fighting was in Swat Valley. Ten suspects were killed in overnight fighting (...)
Taliban tribal leader was assassinated Friday in a roadside bombing, the latest in a series of attacks against pro-government militias in the Afghan border area of northwestern Pakistan, officials said.
Elsewhere, authorities found the (...)
A group of militants ambushed a van Wednesday as it was traveling near Khar, the main town in the Bajaur tribal region, killing two women teachers and wounding two other passengers.
Approximately 10 militants hid on both sides of a rural road and (...)
A group of militants ambushed a van Wednesday as it traveled near Khar, the main town in the Bajur tribal region, killing two women teachers and wounding two other passengers.
Approximately 10 militants hid on both sides of a rural road and (...)
Pro-government tribesmen killed 23 militants in clashes in Pakistan's northwest in the latest
violence between tribal militias and Taliban insurgents, a
government official said Tuesday.
Elsewhere in the volatile northwest, suspected (...)
Participants at the first preparatory meeting for the 8th National Dialogue entitled “Health Services – Dialogue Between Society and Health Institutions” launched a stinging attack on the health sector in the Kingdom.
During the meeting, held in (...)
A tribe in a northwestern Pakistani region where the military has fought insurgents has agreed to stop sheltering foreign fighters and hand over local Taleban leaders, authorities said.
A tribal elder said some militants could be pardoned and (...)
A Pakistani general says troops have
defeated Taliban militants in one of their strongholds overlooking the Afghan border, Associated Press reported.
Maj. Gen. Tariq Khan told reporters who were escorted to
the remote Bajur region by the military (...)
Pakistani helicopters and jets
killed 17 suspected militants, an official said Friday.
Ten other insurgents were wounded in the air strikes on
rebel hide-outs in the Bajur region late Thursday, said
Jamil Khan, the No. 2 government (...)
An air strike killed 15 militants in
Northwestern Pakistan, while two rockets landed near the
region's main airport, officials said Thursday.
The strike hit a compound in Airab, a village in the
Semiautonomous Bajur region that borders (...)
Troops battled Taleban militants in northwestern Pakistan on Sunday, killing 11 in an insurgent stronghold overlooking the Afghan border, an official said.
Jamil Khan, a government representative in Bajur, said eight insurgents died and several (...)
Security forces killed four
suspected militants overnight in a northwest Pakistani
tribal region where the military has waged an offensive against insurgents, an official said Wednesday.
The military launched its offensive in early August in (...)
Six militants were killed on Wednesday when their vehicle packed with explosives blew up in a northwestern Pakistani region on the Afghan border, officials said.
The explosion on Wednesday had been caused by an accidental detonation of ammunition, (...)
