Pakistan says troops kill 22 militants in Khyber tribal regionSeptember 12th, 2009 Pakistani troops kill 22 militants in northwestISLAMABAD — Hundreds of tribal police in the northwestern Khyber region have quit their jobs because of militant threats, even as Pakistani forces reported killing 22 insurgents in an ongoing military operation there, officials said Saturday. Pakistan is under intense U.S.
Pakistani forces demolish militant outfit's headquartersSeptember 5th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - Pakistani security forces demolished the headquarters of banned militant outfit Lashkar-e-Islam Saturday as a military operation against militants in the country's northwest entered its fifth day, media reports said. Security forces pounded Tirah valley in Khyber tribal agency's Bara region, destroying the headquarters of Lashkar-e-Islam, Geo news reported.
Pakistani army says it killed 5 suspected militants in northwest tribal regionSeptember 4th, 2009 Army: 5 militants killed in northwest PakistanPESHAWAR, Pakistan — Pakistan says paramilitary troops have killed five suspected militants and arrested 24 in an ongoing operation in the northwestern Khyber tribal region. The paramilitary Frontier Corps announced the deaths in a statement Friday.
Intelligence officials say Pakistani jets kill 9 Taliban in attack on hide-out in northwestJuly 18th, 2009 Pakistani jets kill 9 militants in northwestISLAMABAD — Government warplanes flattened a suspected Taliban hide-out in the northwest early Saturday, killing nine associates of Pakistani Taliban leader Baitullah Mehsud, intelligence officials said. The military has targeted Mehsud and his militant network in recent months in the tribal regions along Pakistan's border with Afghanistan.
Officials say 12 tribesmen, 4 Taliban killed in clashes in restive northwest PakistanJuly 4th, 2009 Officials say 16 killed in clashes in NW PakistanPESHAWAR, Pakistan — Clashes between tribesmen and Taliban militants left 16 people dead in Pakistan's northwest on Saturday, officials said, in the latest violence between pro-government tribal militias and insurgents. Also Saturday, the Taliban said it shot down a helicopter that crashed Friday in the northwest, killing 26 government troops.
Pakistani warplanes strike Taliban positions, killing at least 12 militants in NWJuly 4th, 2009 Pakistani airstrikes kill at least 12 militantsPESHAWAR, Pakistan — Pakistani warplanes and helicopter gunships pounded Taliban positions in the country's volatile northwest on Saturday, killing at least 12 suspected insurgents, security officials said, as the government kept up pressure on Islamist militants along the Afghan border. Elsewhere in the northwest, clashes between tribesmen and Taliban fighters left 16 people dead in the latest violence between pro-government tribal militias and insurgents.
Pakistani intelligence officials say suspected US missiles kill 11 in NW PakistanJuly 3rd, 2009 11 dead in suspected US missile strike in PakistanISLAMABAD — Pakistani intelligence officials say 11 people were killed in a suspected U.S. missile strike in northwest Pakistan.
Pakistani intel officials say suspected US missiles hit Taliban targets in NW PakistanJuly 3rd, 2009 Intel officials: suspected US missile strike in NWISLAMABAD — Pakistani intelligence officials say suspected U.S. missiles have hit a Taliban target in northwest Pakistan.
Pakistan says ground fighting in tribal belt near Afghanistan border kills about 50 militantsJune 20th, 2009 50 militants dead in Pakistan tribal belt fightingCHUPRIAL, Pakistan — Pakistani officials say troops backed by jet fighters and artillery have killed about 50 militants in a volatile northwestern tribal region near Afghanistan where Pakistan Taliban leader Baitullah Mehsud is believed to be entrenched with thousands of his fighters. They were the first known militant casualties in South Waziristan, where Osama bin Laden and other top al-Qaida and Taliban leaders are believed to be hiding, since the military started pounding the area with artillery about a week ago.
Police say 8 people have died in market bomb blast in northwest Pakistani cityJune 14th, 2009 Police: 8 dead in market bomb blast in PakistanDERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan — Police say eight people have died in a bomb blast at a market in northwest Pakistan. Government official Mohsin Shah said the blast Sunday in Dera Ismail Khan appeared to have been caused by a planted explosive device.
Police say bomb blast rips through market in northwest Pakistani city, wounding 20June 14th, 2009 Police: Bomb wounds 20 in NW Pakistani cityDERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan — Police say a bomb blast at a market in a northwest Pakistani city has wounded at least 20 people. The explosion occurred in Dera Ismail Khan, a rough and tumble town not far from Pakistan's tribal belt.
Local official says Pakistan military is shelling Taliban in northwestern Bannu districtJune 9th, 2009 Pakistan shelling Taliban in tribal districtPESHAWAR, Pakistan — The military started shelling Taliban hide-outs in the Bannu district in Pakistan's northwest Tuesday, a local government official said. It was not immediately clear if the reported Bannu shelling signaled the opening of a new front against militants.
Pakistani official: Police negotiating with Taliban for release of hundreds abducted in NWJune 1st, 2009 Pakistan police negotiate to free Taliban hostagesISLAMABAD — A Pakistani government official says police are negotiating with the Taliban to release hundreds of people abducted in a northwest tribal region. Mirza Mohammad Jihadi advises the prime minister on the tribal regions.
Blast in Pakistan's northwest kills three (Lead)June 1st, 2009 ISLAMABAD - At least three people were killed and seven injured in a blast Monday in Kohat town in Pakistan's restive northwest where the military is currently engaged in a major anti-Taliban operation. The blast, the second in the North West Frontier Province (NWFP) in a week, occurred at a bus stand in Kohat's Teera Bazar area, APP news agency reported.
Pakistani police say suicide attack kills 10 at checkpoint in northwestApril 18th, 2009 Suicide bomber kills 10 at Pakistani checkpointPESHAWAR, Pakistan — A suicide car bomber attacked security forces manning a checkpoint in Pakistan's troubled northwest on Saturday, killing at least 10 people, officials said. The checkpoint is near the Orakzai tribal region, which has emerged in recent months as a major base for Taliban militants waging war on the Pakistan government.
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