Pakistani officials say U.S. drones fired missiles Monday at a vehicle and a house in the northwest tribal district of Kurram near the Afghan border, killing at least six suspected militants. U.S. drone strikes routinely target militants holed up in Pakistan’s tribal belt, but the operations are normally concentrated on insurgent strongholds in Waziristan, rather […]
US Drone Attack Kills 2 in NW Pakistan
Pakistani officials say a U.S. drone fired missiles Monday at a vehicle in the northwest tribal district of Kurram near the Afghan border, killing at least two suspected militants. U.S. drone strikes routinely target militants holed up in Pakistan’s tribal belt, but the operations are normally concentrated on insurgent strongholds in Waziristan, rather than Kurram. […]
Pakistan Militants Attack Anti-Taliban Elders
Officials in northwest Pakistan say dozens of militants have attacked the homes of two anti-Taliban tribal elders, killing at least four people and wounding several others. Authorities say nearly 70 militants participated in the early Monday attack on the homes in the Mohmand tribal area near Afghanistan. One of the elders was wounded in the […]
25 Militants, 4 Soldiers Killed in NW Pakistan
About 50 Taliban militants attacked a military base in Pakistan’s northwest late Saturday, triggering clashes and air strikes that left 25 militants and four soldiers dead and eight troops wounded. The military said the fighting occurred in the Mohmand tribal region along the border with Afghanistan. It said precision airstrikes and ground operations that targeted […]
Pakistan Defends Probe Into Bin Laden’s Death
Pakistan’s ambassador to the United States, Husain Haqqani, has defended his country’s decision to round up more than 30 people in connection with an investigation into Osama bin Laden’s compound in the northern Pakistani garrison city of Abbottabad. Haqqani told ABC’s “This Week” program Sunday that the individuals were rounded up as part of an […]
Fighting Kills 25 Militants, 4 Soldiers in Northwest Pakistan
Dozens of Taliban militants have attacked a Pakistani military base, triggering clashes and air strikes that left 25 militants and four soldiers dead. Saturday’s fighting occurred in the Mohmand tribal region along the border with Afghanistan. Officials say about 50 militants armed with light and heavy weapons launched an attack on an army post there. […]
2 Children Killed in Pakistan Blast
Pakistan officials say a bomb blast has killed two children. Authorities say more than 20 other people, including at least four soldiers, were wounded in the explosion Saturday in Panjgur district in the southwest province Baluchistan. In another incident Saturday in Panjgur, a bomb blast has killed one person and wounded eight other people.
Pakistani Court Sends 7 to Jail Over Videotaped Killing
A Pakistani court has sent six members of the paramilitary forces and a civilian to jail pending formal charges for the videotaped killing of an unarmed man on June 8. Prosecutor Arshad Iqbal Cheema said the suspects appeared before the court Friday in Karachi. He said he is now scrutinizing the police report before submitting […]
Pakistan Protests Cross-border Attack
Pakistan is protesting a deadly attack in which militants crossed from Afghanistan and attacked a village in the country’s northwest tribal region. Pakistan’s Foreign Office summoned Afghanistan’s Charge d’Affaires, Majnoon Gulab, on Friday to lodge its “serious concern” over Thursday’s incident in the Bajaur tribal region. Dozens of militants armed with automatic rifles and rocket-propelled […]
Pakistan-India Talks Set for June 23
Pakistani officials say India’s foreign secretary will visit the country next week to discuss security and peace, including the disputed Kashmir region. The formal talks on Kashmir will be the first since India broke off peace negotiations following the 2008 terrorist attacks in Mumbai that killed 166 people. The Pakistan-based militant group, Lashkar-e-Taiba, was blamed […]