Pakistan: Removal Of Safron Minister Demanded

BAJAUR AGENCY:  Political, Social and religions circles of Bajaur Agency have demanded the removal of Federal Minister for Safron Engineer Shaukatullah Khan as according to them, the minister is involved in massive corruption of funds being allocated for the development...

Female suicide Bomber Killed 45, Injured 68 in Bajaur Pakistan

 Senior Pakistani officials on Sunday confirmed that a deadly bombing in the lawless tribal belt was carried out by a burqa-clad woman, in the country’s first known case of a female suicide attack. The...

9 Dengerious Militants surrendered in Bajaur Agency

Nine militants including two commanders surrendered to the security forces in Sewai area Tehsil Mamound of Bajaur Agency, official and local sources said. The sources said the militants hailing from Villages Speray, Gabrey, Kharki and Shago areas in Mamond tehsil...

The McChrystal Departure

"50 years after General MacArthur was retired the US Commander in Afghanistan General David Mckiernan was relieved of his command, and now, in the third such instance in the midst of war, General McChrystal has been removed and the command in Afghanistan has been given to the...

2 more schools destroyed in Bajaur, FATA, Pakistan.

Militant destroyed one girl primary school and a boy High school in Shago area in Bajaur District of Pakistan Federally administrated tribal areas FATA , 31st Dec 2009. Half of the district is controlled by the militant. According to AVT television number of...

Poppy Crop eradicated in Bajaur Agency.

Poppy crop has been eradicated in Bajaur Agency. A.P.A Bajaur MohamadJamil Khan.Assistant Political Agent Bajaur Agency Nwagai Sub Division MohammadJamil Khan said that about 200 Kanal cultivated poppy has beeneradicated with the help of local tribes elders through JARGA,s....

Shariah implementation in Pakistan's restive tribal region sought

The Bajaur chapter of the Tehrik-e-Nafaz-e-Shariat-e-Muhammadi (TNSM) on Sunday demanded immediate implementation of the Shariah (Islamic law) in Pakistan’s troubled Bajaur tribal region, assuring the government of its cooperation to establish the complete state writ and...

889 killed in 61 suicide bombings in Pakistan this year

At least 889 persons were killed and 2,072 others injured in 61 suicide attacks in Pakistan so far this year, as the total number of suicide bombings in the country since 2002 rose to 140.The suicide bombings in 2008 surpassed the last year's figures of 56, including the one...

The Kacha Garhi of Pakistani Refugees: Visiting a New Tragedy

Only the color of the burqas (veils) was different in the Kacha Garhi refugee camp: the Afghan women wore blue and the Pakistani females from conflict-torn Bajaur Agency wear light khaki. The Kacha Garhi refugee...

44 Taliban killed in military operation in Pak’s Bajaur Agency, American Am...

At least 24 Taliban fighters, including 11 foreigners and one local commander, were killed in the military operation in the Bajaur Agency in the restive North Western part of Pakistan bordering Afghanistan yesterday, as warplanes pounded Taliban positions in Swat killing...

Nine worshippers killed in Pakistan mosque blast

At least nine worshippers were reportedly killed and several others sustained injuries when a blast ripped through a mosque Thursday evening in the troubled Bajaur tribal region of Pakistan. "Nine people were killed and several others injured as a result of an explosion that...

25 militants, eight civilians killed in two troubled regions of Pakistan

At least 33 persons including 25 militants and eight civilians, were killed in two troubled regions of Pakistan -- Bajaur Tribal Agency and Swat vally -- in operations by the security forces on Thursday. Nine militants were killed in Bajaur Agency while 16 were killed when...

Update 2: Senior al-Qaeda operative among 5 killed in expanded US missile str...

A latest report has quoted a senior security official as claiming that a senior al-qaeda operative of Arab origin was among those five killed in the US missile strike in Bannu district of Pakistan. It is the first...

Six militants killed in Bajaur as Pakistani forces prepare for operation in M...

As the Pakistani security forces reportedly killed six militants in the ongoing operation in the Bajaur tribal region on Tuesday, the last day of the three-day deadline given to the Afghan refugees to leave the troubled area."Six militants were killed during security forces...

12 militants surrender in Pakistan's Bajaur tribal region

Twelve militants laid down their arms in the troubled Bajaur tribal agency while the Afghan refugees continued returning to their homeland from the area in large numbers on the second day of a three-day deadline to leave the area."KHAR: Twelve tribal militants have...

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