| A convicted Pakistani militant jailed in India died on Thursday after being beaten by another inmate in an apparent revenge attack for the death of an Indian spy prisoner, threatening already fraught relations between the nations. The death of … See all stories on this topic » |
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Click for detailed story The Taliban have sent suicide bombers to mount election-day attacks on Pakistan’s historic polls, a militant commander said Thursday, following a bloody campaign which has claimed more than 100 lives. Saturday’s vote will be a democratic milestone in a country ruled for half its history by the military but the Pakistani Taliban have condemned it as un-Islamic. They have directly threatened the …
Pakistan’s tribal belt may have been dubbed the world’s most dangerous place by the United States, but enthusiastic tribesmen are defying the Taliban to vote for change at next week’s polls. More than 60 people have been killed in militant …
Click for detailed story Pakistani troops overran two militant hideouts and killed 16 insurgents after heavy overnight fighting at a flashpoint near the Afghan border in which two soldiers also died, the military said Sunday. The fighting took place in the wake of a fresh military push in the Tirah valley in the tribal Khyber district, where the military has been targeting Taliban and Lashkar-e-Islam militia who threaten …
Click for detailed story Security forces killed at least eight militants during an operation in Upper Orakzai on Saturday. As per details, the operation was carried out in Shin Qamar and Sanga areas. During the aerial attacks Pakistani military aircraft also destroyed three militant hideouts. Orakzai is one of Pakistan’s seven semi-autonomous tribal regions in the northwest, where militants are said to have carved out …
Click for detailed story President, Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N), Nawaz Sharif claimed that if voted to power‚ his party will establish peace in Karachi by eliminating militant wings of political parties. Talking to newsmen at Karachi airport on Thursday‚ he said leaders and workers of his party are also facing terrorism‚ but certain elements are making false propaganda in this regard. Nawaz …
Click for detailed story ANP Chief Asfandyar Wali Khan has strongly condemned yesterday’s bomb blast on ANP’s corner meeting in Karachi and termed it a battle between two mindset. Speaking to a TV channel on Saturday, Wali said that liberal democratic parties were being barred from taking part in the coming general election. But he made it clear that ANP would participate in the election at every …
MINGORA, Pakistan – Pakistani Taliban fighters attacked two leaders of an anti-militant political party on Sunday in northwest Pakistan, killing one and wounding another in the latest targeting of members of secular-leaning parties ahead of next month …
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MINGORA, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistani Taliban attacked two leaders of an anti-militant political party on Sunday in northwest Pakistan, killing one and wounding another in the latest attack targeting members of secular-leaning parties ahead of next month…
| New details have emerged on the origins of the CIA drone war in Pakistan. The New York Times reports the Pakistani government agreed to allow the drone attacks in return for the CIA’s assassination of a Pakistani militant who was not even a target of … See all stories on this topic » |
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