Operation against Taliban has begun, Lal Qila under control

Military operation against Taliban, in the frontier areas of Pakistan, has begun. According to ISPR (Inter Services Public Relations) press release, Lal Qila in Lower Dir has been fully secured and is now under...

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...

Pakistan arrests four, six hideouts of extremists on Peshawar outskirts destr...

"PESHAWAR: Security forces operation in the outskirts of the provincial capital here continuing unabated, while six hideouts of the extremists were destroyed and four extremists including a key-commander was arrested. Sources that the security forces targeted the hideouts of...

30 militants killed in northwest Pakistan

In an intensified battle against suspected militants American forces have  killed 32 people, including three women.  The Sunday death toll resulted from the latest round of a military offensive in the insurgent-infested Bajur tribal region, which borders...

23 people including 10 Taliban killed in Pakistan

Pakistan's innocent residents in the restive border areas along the Afghanistan are getting caught in the crossfire. Today a shell hit house of  a resident and killed all his 6 family family. "Thirteen people have been killed when mortar shells fell on two houses in...

Pakistan goes on attack

OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public ContributorIn the "Immortal Words" of "The Cable Guy"!!It looks like Pakistani forces are "Git'in Er Done!!"The Taliban have pockets of their own in various villages, and routing...

Somalia: Dozens More Killed in Second Day of Mogadishu Violence

The situation in Mogadishu is continuing to deteriorate"Ethiopian troops protecting Somalia's interim government expanded into neighborhoods in the volatile capital Mogadishu on Sunday, sparking a second round of...

Pakistan in bid to free captured troops

"Pakistani authorities today sent tribal elders and clerics to negotiate with militants who are believed to have captured more than 100 soldiers in a northwestern region on the Afghan border. The soldiers...

Text message leads to kidnapping suspect

"A man suspected of kidnapping a 14-year-old girl and keeping her in an underground bunker was arrested Sunday, surrendering without a fight along a highway after eluding police for months with an elaborate system of hideouts and tunnels. Investigators arrested Vinson Filyaw...

Dead Chinese Al Qaeda Fighters Points To Bin Laden Hideout In China

15 Chinese fighters found dead / mortar shells, anti-tank rockets and ammunition for various types of automatic rifles and machine guns of Chinese manufacture, abandoned by fleeing al Qaeda men / Chinese fighting alongside the Taliban and al Qaeda  

Jewish, Israeli targets in US put on heightened alert - News from Israel, Yne...

Fear of attacks by Hizbullah sleeper agents as military campaign in Lebanon continues

BBC NEWS | Middle East | Perilous escape for south Lebanese

Bridges on the main road north to Sidon have been rocketed by the Israeli air force, forcing traffic to make detours up into the hills. Laser-guided 450kg (1,000lb) bombs have also dug huge craters across half...

BBC NEWS | Middle East | Israeli jets bomb Lebanese cities

Israeli warplanes have struck at suspected Hezbollah sites in Lebanon in the port of Sidon and the capital, Beirut, as well as the Baalbek area.

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