The Enemy Within

The Pakistan Army is now the undoubted lead agency in the battle against those who challenged and continue to challenge the writ of the State. Malakand and Bajaur at the northern end of FATA are being cleared—this area had to be given priority because of the blatant...

Pakistan suicide attack leaves four security officials dead

As the Pakistan police and security forces were engaged in an operation to clear a police training school in Lahore of terrorists, who killed at least 26 people and injured scores others, a suicide bomber attacked a convoy of security forces in Bannu Frontier Region, a...

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...

Five Pakistani security personnel among eight killed in Bannu clashes

Eight persons including five Pakistani security personnel and three militants were killed in the military operation against militants after a police checkpoint was attacked by militants in Bannu district of the country's troubled North West Frontier Province."Five security...

Suicide attack kills nine including four cops in Bannu town of Pakistan

Four policemen were among nine persons killed in a suicide attack on a mobile police van on Bannu-Kohat Road in Pakistan on Friday evening. Bannu and Kohat are two districts of Pakistan's troubled North West...

Two blasts heard in Bannu district as Pakistan president urges US to halt str...

As Pakistan President Asif Zardari termed the US missile strikes as anti-Pakistan and said Saturday evening that such attacks would not be 'tolerated', two severe intensity blasts were reportedly heard early Sunday morning in Bannu district where the US drones were reportedly...

Miscreants kill three Pakistani policemen

Three Pakistani policemen were killed when some unidentified miscreants attacked a checkpoint with light weapons in Bannu district of the troubled North West Frontier Province. Violence is surging in Bannu district since a US missile attack a few days ago, which was the first...

Pakistan summons US envoy, protests Bannu missile strike

The Pakistan Foreign Office on Thursday summoned US Ambassador in Islambad Anne W Peterson and lodged protest over missile strike in Bannu district of the country’s North West Frontier Province (NWFP) on Wednesday that left at least five people dead. It was the first such...

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...

Suspected US missile strike kills four in Pakistan

An American drone attack has killed at least five people, and injured at least five others in the Hindikhel area of Bannu in the US missile strike in Pakistan's troubled North Western Frontier bodering Afghanistan. The strike took place just after dawn on Wednesday...

Militant commander to decide fate of Canadian journalist kidnapped in Pakistan

The talks between the political authorities of Pakistan's Bannu Frontier Region and the kidnappers for the safe release of the Canadian journalist failed on Saturday.The custody of kidnapped journalist along with her translator and personal assistant was reportedly shifted to...

Canadian journalist appeals for assistance as Pakistani authorities claim clu...

As the political administration of Frontier Region (FR) Bannu on Friday claimed to have found some clues to the female Canadian journalist, who was kidnapped in troubled region of Pakistan on Wednesday, she has appealed to visitors of his website to contribute for assisting...

Two foreign journalists injured in Pakistan firing as kidnapped Canadian jour...

Two foreign journalists were injured in a firing incident in Hayatabad area of Peshawar, the capital city of Pakistan's troubled North West Frontier Province (NWFP) bordering volatile tribal region. Several...

Female Canadian journalist kidnapped in Pakistan along with translator, guide

Unidentified persons kidnapped a female Canadian journalist in volatile tribal region of Pakistan on Tuesday along with her guide and translator while travelling from Bannu to Miranshah. It was learnt that the Canadian journalist, Khadija Abdul Qahar, was on her way to...

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...

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