Pakistan jets attack militants ahead of expected offensive close to Afghan borderOctober 13th, 2009 Pakistan bombs militants close to Afghan borderISLAMABAD — An intelligence official says Pakistani jets have bombed militant targets in an insurgent stronghold close to the Afghan border. The military has been attacking militants in South Waziristan for several months ahead of an expected ground offensive there.
12 militants killed in Pakistan bombingJuly 4th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - Twelve militants were killed Saturday after security forces bombed their hideouts in northwest Pakistan, TV reports said. Combat helicopters and fighter jets of the security forces have destroyed three militants' hideouts in the Orakzai tribal agency near the Afghan border, reports said.
Pakistan seals border with Afghanistan, clamps curfewJuly 3rd, 2009 MIRANSHAH - Pakistan has sealed its South Waziristan border with Afghanistan and imposed a curfew there to prevent Afghan militants from infiltrating into its territory in the wake of fresh offensives by US troops on the Taliban on the other side of the border. The Pakistan Army has already deployed additional troops at the border on the directives of the federal government, the Online news agency said Friday.
11 militants killed in PakistanJuly 3rd, 2009 PESHAWAR - At least 11 militants were killed in fighting with the security forces in southern Pakistan, a media report said Monday. The security forces bombed militants' hideouts on the outskirts of Sarokai area in South Waziristan near the Afghan border, killing 11 militants Sunday, Geo TV reported.
Pak 'reorganizes' troops on Afghan border following fresh US-led Taliban onslaughtJuly 2nd, 2009 ISLAMABAD - The Pakistan Army has 'reorganized' its troops along the Afghan border to prevent the spill over of militants from the neighboring country following the fresh US-Afghan onslaught on the Taliban today. "We've mustered more troops from the other areas of the border to deploy opposite the Helmand region.
Pakistan moves troops to Afghan border: ReportJuly 2nd, 2009 ISLAMABAD - Pakistan's Army has deployed troops to a stretch of the Afghan border to stop Taliban militants fleeing a major US offensive in southern Afghanistan, a military spokesman said Thursday. Major General Athar Abbas told Geo TV that they had "mustered more troops from the other areas of the border" to deploy opposite the Helmand region,
"It is sort of a reorganisation," he said, adding that the threat of militants crossing over had been "visualised".
Pakistan says more troops sent to Afghan border to stop Taliban fleeing US assaultJuly 2nd, 2009 Pakistan moves troops to Afghan borderISLAMABAD — Pakistan's army has deployed troops to a stretch of the Afghan border to stop Taliban militants fleeing a major U.S. offensive in southern Afghanistan, a spokesman said Thursday.
Afghan troops kill 13 militantsMay 20th, 2009 KABUL - Thirteen Taliban militants have been killed in a gunfight with the security forces near the Afghan capital, an official said Wednesday. The incident took place Tuesday evening after Taliban militants attacked Afghan soldiers in the Salar area, 70 km west of Kabul.
Pakistani officials say suspected US missile strike kills at least 6 near Afghan borderMay 12th, 2009 Pakistan officials: US missile strike kills 6DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan — Pakistani officials say a suspected US missile strike has killed at least six people near Afghan border. Two Pakistani security officials said several missiles flattened a house in the South Waziristan region early Tuesday.
US says 2 militants killed in raid in central AfghanistanApril 23rd, 2009 US: 2 militants killed in Afghan raidKABUL — International and Afghan troops killed two militants in an overnight raid in central Afghanistan, U.S. forces said Thursday.
Three soldiers, 12 Taliban militants killed in AfghanistanMarch 29th, 2009 KABUL - Three army soldiers were killed when a roadside bomb exploded in eastern Afghanistan, while 12 Taliban militants including two rebel commanders were killed in separate clashes, the military said Sunday. Four other Afghan soldiers were wounded Saturday when their vehicle was blown up by a remote-controlled roadside bomb in Zurmat district of south-eastern province of Paktia, the defence ministry said in a statement.
US drone kills 12 Pakistanis in Pak-Afghan border regionMarch 13th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - A unmanned US drone has killed at least 12 people in Pakistan's Kurram district near the Afghan border, a local official said. "Taleban militants have sealed off the area and are retrieving bodies from the rubble," said a security official.
Suspected US drone attack kills 14 in PakistanMarch 13th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - At least 14 people have been killed in a suspected US drone attack on a Taliban training centre in northwestern Pakistan, the News reported Friday. The late Thursday attack in Barjo village of the Kurram tribal district bordering the Afghan province of Khost also injured more than 40 people, mostly militants, the report said, quoting sources.
45 militants, six troops killed in PakistanJanuary 10th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - Fierce fighting at a paramilitary compound in Pakistan's troubled Mohmand tribal region Sunday left at least six soldiers and 45 militants dead, an official said. The clash began early morning when more than 500 rebels attacked army positions in Lakaro, a militant stronghold near the Afghan border, according to an officer who spoke on condition of anonymity.
Nine Taliban militants killed in AfghanistanDecember 29th, 2008 KABUL - Afghan police backed by Nato troops killed nine Taliban militants in a fight in southern Afghanistan, police said Tuesday. The militants were killed in Nawa district of the Hemland province after they attacked an Afghan police checkpoint in the area Monday, Assadullah Shirzad, provincial police chief, said.
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