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At least 8 perish in US drone strikes in Pakistan's tribal region

At least eight persons were reportedly killed in the US drone strikes in Pakistan's troubled South Waziristan tribal district on Tuesday. Reports say that death toll is feared to rise."WANA: At least eight persons were killed, while the death toll is feared to further rise in...

Pakistani militants say have no links with al-Qaeda, Taliban

Describing the ongoing military operation in Pakistan's troubled Buner district as an effort to appease the United States, the Pakistani militants, who have been fighting the security forces in the scenic Swat vally until a deal was signed with the government, have said they...

12 Nato supplies containers torched, driver killed in Pakistan

At least 12 more containers of Nato supplies were torched while a driver was shot dead and two cleaners injured when armed men attacked two parking lots on Ring Road near Peshawar, the capital city of Pakistan's troubled North West Frontier Province, in an attack by...

At least 8 killed in US drone attack inside Pakistan

In yet another US drone attack inside Pakistan, at least eight persons were killed in the troubled South Waziristan tribal district on Wednesday."WANA: Eight foreign militants have been killed in a suspected US drone strike in South Waziristan, sources said on Wednesday....

At least six killed in Pakistan blast

At least six persons were killed and 16 others injured in a blast in a vehicle outside the residence of a local government official in Peshawar, the capital city of Pakistan’s North West Frontier Province...

Explosion damages faith-healing centre in Pakistan

A faith-healing centre on Circular Road in Yakatoot neighbourhood of Peshawar, the troubled capital city of Pakistan's North West Frontier Province (NWFP), was damaged when an explosive device went off late...

Foreign spy agencies backing 15,000 militants: Pakistani official

The governor of Pakistan’s troubled North West Frontier Province, who also looks after affairs of the militancy-plagued Federally Administered Tribal Areas (Fata), disclosed Friday that there are around 15,000 militants in the tribal areas who are persistently being...

Taliban Burning, Beheading Its Way Thru SWAT - Now want the women

"ISLAMABAD, Pakistan – Taliban militants are beheading and burning their way through Pakistan's picturesque Swat Valley, and residents say the insurgents now control most of the mountainous region far from the lawless tribal areas where jihadists thrive. The deteriorating...

Update 2: 39 killed in car bombing at Pakistan polling station

The death toll in suicide bombing at a polling station in Pakistan on Monday mounted to 39, including two police personnel and 17 children, while four children are among 14 injured still under treatment at Dagar...

November 2008 proves bloodiest month for NWFP since 2001

Since the US invasion of Afghanistan in 2001, November proved to be the bloodiest month for Pakistan's troubled North West Fontier Province."November has proven to be the bloodiest month for Pakistan’s restive North West Frontier Province since the US invasion of...

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 incurred $34.5 bn losses in war against terror: FM

"NEW YORK: Pakistan suffered huge losses, amounting to US $34.5 billion, since 2001 for its role in the war against terror and wants regional ownership of the crisis in a bid to bring peace and stability to the troubled region, Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi said...

Pelosi supports new help for ailing US automakers

The US has been rife with specualtion over whether the US government would inject huge amounts of money into the US auto industry in order to keep it afloat or let it die. Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi...

Pakistani journalists protest killing of colleague

Condemning the killing of their colleague by the security forces in Swat, journalists staged protest demonstrations in Peshawar and other parts of Pakistan's troubled North West Frontier Province (NWFP) on Monday,...

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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