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...

Update: 22 killed in Pakistan suicide bombing, forces 19 militants

As many as 22 tribal elders were killed and 50 others sustained injuries when a suicide bomber attacked an anti-militant meeting of a jirga (tribal council) Thursday afternoon in Salarzai area of the restive Bajaur region of Pakistan. On the other hand, military officials...

CIA’s War Against Pakistan Gets Into High Gear!

http://pakalert.wordpress.com/2008/11/02/cia-pakistan-war-high-gear/Ever wonder why American drones attacking Pakistan from Afghanistan are operated by CIA and not the U.S. military? Because the game has reached a dead end. CIA assets and agents inside Pakistani territory,...

Some 20,000 refugees flee Pakistan for Afghanistan

" Some 20,000 people from Pakistan's northwestern tribal region of Bajaur have fled to Afghanistan this summer due to intense fighting between government forces and militants, the United Nations said on Monday. ...

US jets intrude into Pakistani airspace; 15 militants killed and would-be bom...

Two US jetfighters again intruded into Pakistani airspace over South Waziristan tribal district causing panic among dwellers of the region, whereas Pakistani security forces killed another 15 militants in the...

1,000 militants killed in Bajaur campaign: Pakistan

" Pakistani forces have killed up to 1,000 Islamist militants in an offensive for control over the strategically key northwestern region of Bajaur this month, an army commander said on Friday. Government forces...

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