India has accused websites in Pakistan of spreading rumors that caused migrants from the country’s northeast to flee fearing impending attacks in retaliation for recent ethnic clashes in their home state. India’s Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde on Sunday called on the Pakistani government to investigate Indian claims that most of the threatening messages and […]
4 Killed in U.S. Drone Strike in Pakistan
Posted August 18th, 2012 at 5:10 am (UTC-5)
Pakistani security officials say a U.S. drone attack in a tribal region has killed at least four people. Authorities say two missiles were fired Saturday in the attack in North Waziristan, a region near the Afghan border considered a stronghold of Taliban and al-Qaida militants. Drone strikes are a contentious issue between Washington and Islamabad. […]
Pakistan’s Army Chief: No Joint US Military Operation in Northwest
Posted August 17th, 2012 at 12:30 pm (UTC-5)
Pakistan’s army chief is rejecting what he says is “speculative reporting” about a joint military operation with the United States in Pakistan’s North Waziristan. The northwestern tribal agency is a known stronghold of Taliban and al-Qaida-linked militants and U.S. officials have repeatedly called on Pakistan to launch an offensive there. The militant Haqqani network, which […]
Bomb Hits Bus Carrying Shi’ites in Pakistan
Posted August 17th, 2012 at 8:35 am (UTC-5)
Pakistani authorities say a bomb has hit a bus carrying Shi’ite Muslims in the southern city of Karachi, killing at least one person. The blast comes a day after suspected Sunni militants shot and killed 22 Shi’ites who were traveling on buses in Pakistan’s northwestern Mansehra district. Officials say the bus was carrying Shi’ites on […]
Militants Launch Deadly Assault on Pakistani Airbase
Posted August 16th, 2012 at 12:25 pm (UTC-5)
Militants armed with automatic weapons and rocket-propelled grenades attacked a large air force base in northern Pakistan Thursday, setting off a fierce battle that ended with one soldier and nine militants dead. Pakistani officials say the pre-dawn assault at the Kamra base ended after a two-hour shootout that also wounded the base’s commander. One aircraft […]
Militants Launch Deadly Assault on Pakistani Airbase
Posted August 16th, 2012 at 10:55 am (UTC-5)
Militants armed with automatic weapons and rocket-propelled grenades attacked a large air force base in northern Pakistan Thursday, setting off a fierce battle that ended with one soldier and nine militants dead. Pakistani officials say the pre-dawn assault at the Kamra base ended after a two-hour shootout that also wounded the base’s commander. One aircraft […]
Militants Launch Deadly Assault on Pakistani Airbase
Posted August 16th, 2012 at 7:35 am (UTC-5)
The facility is home to the Pakistan Aeronautical Complex, which builds fighter jets. Also Thursday, authorities say suspected Sunni militants pulled at least 22 Shi’ites off buses in Pakistan’s northwestern Chitral region and shot and killed them. The buses were traveling from the the city of Rawalpindi to the northern city of Gilgit. ##
Taliban Kills 1 in Pakistani Air Force Base Attack
Posted August 16th, 2012 at 5:10 am (UTC-5)
Militants armed with automatic weapons and rocket-propelled grenades have attacked a large air force base in northwest Pakistan, setting off a fierce battle that ended with one soldier and nine militants dead. Pakistani officials say the base in Kamra is back under control after several hours of fighting Thursday that also wounded the base’s commander. […]
Militants Kill 2 in Attack on Pakistani Air Force Base
Posted August 15th, 2012 at 11:05 pm (UTC-5)
Pakistani officials say militants have killed two security personnel in an attack on an air force base in northwest Pakistan. Militants armed with guns and grenades attacked the base in Kamra, about 60 kilometers northwest of Islamabad, sparking a heavy battle with security forces early Thursday that lasted for several hours. Pakistan’s air force says […]
Afghan-Pakistani Team to Investigate Cross-Border Shelling
Posted August 15th, 2012 at 8:30 am (UTC-5)
The presidents of Afghanistan and Pakistan have agreed to send a joint military delegation to investigate recent cross-border shellings that have raised tensions between the two neighbors. Afghan President Hamid Karzai and his Pakistani counterpart Asif Ali Zardari met Tuesday on the sidelines of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation summit in Mecca. President Karzai’s office […]
