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...

Five killed in fresh US missile strike inside Pakistan

Five persons were reportedly killed and six others sustained injuries in a US missile strike in Alikhel area of Pakistan's North Waziristan tribal district on Saturday.Reports claimed that two al-Qaeda operatives, Rashid Rauf and Abu Al-Asr Al-Misri, were among those killed...

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...

Israeli airstrike kills four

The five month old truce between Hamas and Israel is even further in tatters with this attack in retaliation for attacks from within the Gaza Strip being just one of a number of attacks and counter attacks over...

Deaths feared in missile strike in volatile Pakistani tribal region

Several persons have been feared killed reportedly in a missile strike in Pakistan's volatile North Waziristan tribal region Saturday morning. No more details are yet available from the troubled far-flung region. "Deaths are feared in a reported missile attack in...

US drone attack inside Pakistan leaves at least 11 dead, Zardari says strikes...

A fresh missile strike by a US drone killed at least 11 persons in Pakistan's troubled North Waziristan tribal region early Friday."At least 11 people were killed and several others injured in missile attacks launched by U.S. drones in Garyom area here on Friday, sources...

U.S. drone attacks in Miranshah kill 11

"Updated at: 1035 PST, Friday, November 14, 2008  MIRANSHAH: At least 11 people were killed and several others injured in missile attacks launched by U.S. drones in Garyom area here on Friday, sources said.It is reported that three missiles fired by U.S....

Iran 'successfully' tests new missile

According to the following article from Jerusalem Post, Israel perceives the Iranian tests as  defensive, deterrent strategy ... and specifically with defensive objectives. But where woul the attack come...

India test-fires nuclear-capable missile

"NEW DELHI: India test-fired a medium-range, nuclear-capable missile on Wednesday from a land-based launcher in eastern India, a defence ministry official said.The weapon tested was a K-15 missile, an undersea submarine-launched ballistic missile with a range of up to 435...

India test-fires nuclear-capable missile

" © AP 2008-11-12 08:35:03 - NEW DELHI (AP) - India test-fired a medium-range, nuclear-capable missile Wednesday from a land-based launcher in eastern India, a defense ministry official said. The weapon...

Pakistan Sees Success in War Against Militants

"ISLAMABAD, Pakistan —  Pakistan is succeeding in its fight against Islamic extremists close to the border with Afghanistan, even though the campaign is being hampered by U.S. missile strikes in the region, the country's president said Monday. Asif...

Pakistan: 13 dead in suspected missile strike

Pakistan: 13 dead in suspected missile strikeISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) — A suspected U.S. missile strike killed at least 13 people near the Afghan border Friday, security officials said, the latest in a surge of attacks that a top American general said has eliminated three...

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