(UPDATE) US Intel: Missile kills Filipino militant in Pakistan
January 22, 2010 - 9:00am
DERA ISMAIL KHAN (AP) — A Filipino militant wanted by the United States is believed to have been killed in an American drone strike close to the Afghan border earlier this month, Pakistani intelligence...
Officials: Suspected US drones kill 13 in Pakistan
January 7, 2010 - 9:45am
Suspected US drone missile strikes killed 13 people in Pakistan's volatile northwest, the latest of five such attacks in the past week targeting an area believed to be a hide-out for militants involved in a suicide...
Suicide bombing kills 3 at NW Pakistan press club
December 23, 2009 - 10:36am
A suicide bombing that killed three people and wounded 17 outside a press club in the northwestern city of Peshawar has underscored the danger to journalists trying to cover Pakistan's Taliban-led insurgency.
Pakistan cuts deal with anti-American militants
October 20, 2009 - 5:30am
Pakistan's army, in the midst of a major new offensive against Taliban militants, has struck deals to keep two powerful, anti-US tribal chiefs from joining the battle against the government, officials said yest...
Gunmen hold up to 15 hostages in Pakistan army HQ
October 11, 2009 - 3:10am
Heavily armed militants were holding up to 15 soldiers hostage inside Pakistan's army headquarters early Sunday after they stormed the complex in an audacious assault on the heart of the most powerful institution...
Pakistani Taliban head's death a blow to militants
August 8, 2009 - 3:30am
ISLAMABAD (AP) – Pakistan's Taliban chief was killed by a CIA missile strike, a militant commander confirmed yesterday — a severe blow to extremists threatening the stability of this nuclear-armed nation...
Pakistan army: Dozens abducted by Taliban rescued
June 2, 2009 - 11:55am
ISLAMABAD (AP) – Troops manning a checkpoint Tuesday rescued dozens of students, teachers and staff from a boys school who had been taken captive by militants in the northwest, the Pakistani military said...
Taliban abduct hundreds in Pakistani tribal region
June 2, 2009 - 1:08am
ISLAMABAD (AP) – Taliban militants armed with rockets, grenades and automatic weapons abducted at least 400 students, staff and relatives driving away from a boy's school in a northwest Pakistani tribal region...
Pakistani gunships pound al-Qaeda amid US pressure
August 10, 2007 - 11:02am
MIRANSHAH, Pakistan (AFP) - Helicopter gunships pounded suspected Taliban and Al-Qaeda hideouts in northern Pakistan, as the United States called for even greater efforts in the battle against the militants.
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