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 (...)
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 (...)
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 (...)
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 (...)
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, (...)
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 (...)
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 (...)
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 (...)
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 (...)
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 (...)
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 (...)
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 (...)
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 (...)
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 (...)
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 (...)
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 (...)
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 (...)
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 (...)
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 (...)
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 (...)
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 (...)
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 (...)
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 (...)
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 (...)
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 (...)