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Missile strike kills 2 in NW Pakistan
Intelligence officials say a suspected U.S. missile strike has killed at least two people in northwestern Pakistan. The officials say Saturday's missile attack destroyed the house of a local resident near Miran Shah, the main town in the North (...)

29 - 11 - 2008
Pakistani troops shoot dead 2 suspected militants
Troops opened fire on a car that tried to speed through a roadblock in northwest Pakistan, killing two suspected militants, an intelligence official said Monday. The shooting happened Sunday in North Waziristan, a militant stronghold near the (...)

15 - 10 - 2007
Pakistani troops kill 10 militants
Suspected pro-Taliban militants ambushed a military convoy in troubled northwestern Pakistan on Sunday, triggering a shootout that killed 10 militants and wounded seven soldiers, an army spokesman said. The fighting began after a group of armed (...)

09 - 09 - 2007
Pakistani helicopter gunship attacks kill Seven
Army helicopter gunships strafed and bombed suspected militant hide-outs in a restive tribal region in northwestern Pakistan early Sunday, killing three fighters and four civilians, including women and children. The air raids were carried out (...)

19 - 08 - 2007
Suicide car bomber kills 1 Pakistan soldier
A suspected militant detonated his explosive-laden car at a Pakistan military checkpoint near the Afghan border Saturday, killing a soldier and wounding two others, AP quoted officials as saying. The attack happened on the outskirts of Miran Shah, (...)

18 - 08 - 2007
Pakistan troops shoot civilian
Pakistani security forces fatally shot a civilian and wounded two others Saturday in a troubled northwestern tribal region, shortly after a roadside bomb went off near their vehicles, officials said. The soldiers had been traveling through Mir Ali (...)

11 - 08 - 2007
Pakistan army bombards hide-outs near Afghan border
Helicopter gunships and artillery on Tuesday bombarded two militant hide-outs that had been used to launch attacks on security forces in a troubled tribal region near the Afghan border, the Pakistani army said. Spokesman Maj. Gen. Waheed Arshad (...)

07 - 08 - 2007
At least 12 militants killed by Pakistani troops
Government troops backed by helicopter gunships repelled an attack on a military checkpoint in northwestern Pakistan on Tuesday, killing up to 12 militants, an army spokesman said. Up to 40 militants attacked the checkpoint near Miran Shah, the (...)

31 - 07 - 2007
Blast kills Three Pakistani soldiers
A roadside bomb and militant rocket fire killed three Pakistani troops and wounded five others in the latest attacks on security forces near the Afghan frontier, officials said Monday. The bombing happened about 20 kilometers (12 miles) south of (...)

30 - 07 - 2007
7 soldiers wounded in northwestern Pakistan
A roadside bomb near an army convoy and rocket attacks on military posts wounded seven troops Monday in northwestern Pakistan, intelligence officials said. The attacks in North Waziristan, along the border with Afghanistan, followed a weekend of (...)

23 - 07 - 2007
Pakistani security forces kill 6 suspected militants
Security forces killed six suspected militants in a gun battle in a volatile region in northwestern Pakistan where militants have stepped up attacks in recent days, an intelligence official said Sunday. The fighting broke out late Saturday in (...)

22 - 07 - 2007
Gunmen kill Pakistani soldier in botched kidnap attempt
Masked gunmen killed an off-duty Pakistani soldier on Monday in a town considered a militant stronghold near the Afghan border after he resisted an attempt to kidnap him, an official said. Four men sprang from a car and tried to abduct (...)

02 - 07 - 2007
9 kidnapped Pakistani officials freed in North Waziristan
Nine Pakistani government officials kidnapped by suspected militants last week in the restive tribal region of North Waziristan were freed Wednesday, one of the officials said. The nine, including six women, were being transported to the main (...)

23 - 05 - 2007
1 Pakistani soldier, 3 militants killed in clash in tribal region, officials say
Suspected Islamic militants fired rockets and assault rifles at a military post in northwestern Pakistan prompting a clash early Sunday that left three attackers and one soldier dead, intelligence officials said. Paramilitary and army troops (...)

29 - 04 - 2007
Suicide bombing in Pakistani tribal region kills 4 troops
A suicide car bomber attacked a military convoy in northwestern Pakistan, killing himself and at least four soldiers, the Associated Press reported. The attack happened near the Kajori checkpoint on the outskirts of Miran Shah, the main town in (...)

22 - 01 - 2007
PAKISTANI TROOPS KILL 2 SUSPECTED MILITANTS
PAKISTANI TROOPS KILLED TWO SUSPECTED MILITANTS AND DETAINED FIVE OTHERS SUNDAY AFTER INSURGENTS ATTACKED A MILITARY POST IN NORTHWESTERN PAKISTAN, AN OFFICIAL SAID. THE MILITANTS, BELIEVED TO BE PAKISTANI, USED SMALL ARMS TO ATTACK A SECURITY (...)

18 - 06 - 2006
PRO-GOVERNMENT TRIBAL ELDER KILLED NEAR AFGHAN BORDER
SUSPECTED ISLAMIC MILITANTS KIDNAPPED THEN FATALLY SHOT A PROMINENT PRO-GOVERNMENT TRIBAL ELDER IN A VOLATILE REGION OF NORTHWESTERN PAKISTAN ON FRIDAY, AN OFFICIAL AND A RESIDENT SAID. THE BODY OF TOTI GUL, LEADER OF THE 30,000-STRONG (...)

19 - 05 - 2006
THREE GUNMEN, 1 SOLDIER KILLED IN PAKISTAN'S TRIBAL REGION
PAKISTANI TROOPS FIRED ON A SPEEDING VAN THAT REFUSED TO STOP AT A CHECKPOINT IN A NORTHWESTERN TRIBAL REGION SUNDAY, KILLING THREE ARMED MEN, AN INTELLIGENCE OFFICIAL SAID. ONE SOLDIER WAS ALSO KILLED, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS REPORTED. PARAMILITARY (...)

23 - 04 - 2006
Pakistani security forces kill man who hurled grenade near Afghan border
Security forces shot and killed a man in a remote northwestern tribal region in Pakistan after he threw a hand grenade at their vehicles near the Afghan border Saturday, an intelligence official said. The attack injured two soldiers on the (...)

15 - 04 - 2006
NINE KILLED IN FIGHTING IN PAKISTANI TRIBAL REGION
PAKISTANI SECURITY FORCES BACKED BY HELICOPTER GUNSHIPS AND SUSPECTED MUSLIM MILITANTS BATTLED WEDNESDAY IN A NORTHWESTERN TRIBAL REGION NEAR THE AFGHAN BORDER, LEAVING FOUR SOLDIERS AND FIVE FIGHTERS DEAD, AN ARMY SPOKESMAN SAID. ANOTHER 15 (...)

05 - 04 - 2006
BLAST KILLS FIVE PASSENGERS OF MINIBUS IN PAKISTAN
A ROADSIDE BOMB BLEW UP A MINIBUS IN A PAKISTANI TRIBAL REGION NEAR THE AFGHAN BORDER ON MONDAY, KILLING FIVE PASSENGERS AND WOUNDING THREE OTHERS, SECURITY OFFICIALS SAY. THE BLAST HAPPENED ON A DIRT ROAD IN TATA KHEL, A VILLAGE ABOUT 25 (...)

03 - 04 - 2006
Curfew declared in Pakistani tribal town
Authorities declared a curfew Monday in a remote northwestern town after three days of fighting between Pakistani security forces and pro-Taliban militants. Intelligence reports and accounts from arrested fighters indicate more than 100 people (...)

06 - 03 - 2006
Six killed in blast in Pakistan's tribal region
A bomb exploded in the house of a tribal elder in Pakistan's South Waziristan region, killing five women and a child, The Associated Press quoted officials as saying on Wednesday. It was not immediately clear who was behind the attack late (...)

25 - 05 - 2005
Two Pakistani soldiers injured in search for militants in tribal region
Helicopter gunships backed army troops on the ground in an offensive against militants Sunday in a Pakistani tribal region that left two soldiers injured, officials said. The search operation was launched in Mana, a village about 150 kilometers (...)

12 - 03 - 2005
Pakistani troops capture 11, kill two foreigners in area near Afghanistan
Pakistani troops raided a militant hide-out Saturday in a remote tribal area near Afghanistan, triggering a shootout that left two foreigners dead and 11 people arrested, an army spokesman said. The troops also seized a large number of weapons (...)

10 - 02 - 2005
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