Suspected US drone attacks kill 13 militants in PakistanSeptember 29th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - At least 13 Taliban militants were killed in two suspected US drone attacks in Pakistan's lawless region near the Afghan border Tuesday, intelligence officials said. The first attack took place at around 9.30 a.m.
Top al-Qaeda leader killed in South Waziristan in drone attackSeptember 23rd, 2009 ISLAMABAD - Osama Bin Laden's close aide and a top leader of al Qaeda, Nazimuddin alias Yahyo, was killed in a drone attack in South Waziristan on September 14, intelligence sources have said. Yahyo, who was under surveillance for quite some time, was involved in some deadliest attacks on troops of Pakistan army's elite forces.
Drone attack kills 10 in PakistanAugust 11th, 2009 PESHAWAR - A US drone strike in north western Pakistan killed at least 10 suspected militants on Tuesday, authorities said. The attack targeted an insurgents' camp in South Waziristan near the Afghan border, BBC reported.
Aide says Baitullah Mehsud alive, but illAugust 10th, 2009 WANA (NWFP, Pakistan), - An aide to Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan chief Baitullah Mehsud, Maulana Noor Saeed, has rubbished reports of him being killed by a US drone strike last Wednesday, and said that he is alive, but ill. Saeed was quoted by the BBC, as saying that Baitullah will issue a video message some time on Monday to quash speculations regarding his demise.
Baitullah is alive, claims Hakeemullah MehsudAugust 10th, 2009 WANA - Militant commander Hakeemullah Mehsud said that no scuffle occurred between him and Waliur Rehman. Talking to Geo News, Hakeemullah said he is quite safe, hale and hearty.
Baitullah Mehsud's wife killed in US drone attack in PakistanAugust 5th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - The wife of Pakistani Taliban chief Baitullah Mehsud was killed in a suspected US drone strike in northwestern Pakistan's South Waziristan tribal agency, TV channels reported Wednesday. TV reports said the drone hit the house of Akramuddin, father-in-law of Mehsud, killing four people and injuring two others.
US drone attack kills four in PakistanAugust 5th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - A suspected US drone attack, targeted at Taliban leader Baitullah Mehsud's hideout, Wednesday killed four people in Pakistan's South Waziristan tribal area, a media report said.
Security official said the hideout of Baitullah Mahsud was targeted in the drone attack that took place in the area near Afghanistan.
US missile strikes kill over 50 Taliban in PakistanJuly 8th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - More than 50 people were killed Wednesday in two separate strikes by US pilotless aircraft on Taliban in Pakistan's ungoverned tribal region near Afghan border, security officials said. Five missiles fired allegedly by a US drone targeted a motor convoy of Islamist insurgents in Sararogha area of South Waziristan, a safe haven of Taliban and Al Qaeda fighters launching cross border attacks on US-led international forces in Afghanistan.
US drone attack kills 14 in PakistanJuly 7th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - Fourteen people were killed in a US drone attack in Pakistan's South Waziristan Monday, Geo News reported.
Pakistan Taliban chief Baitullah escapes US strikeJune 25th, 2009 WASHINGTON - A US drone strike on a funeral in Pakistan's tribal areas narrowly missed Baitullah Mehsud, the leader of the Pakistani Taliban, an American media report said Thursday. Mehsud was not at the spot at the time of Tuesday's attack, but had gone to pay his respects to a Taliban commander killed in another American drone strike earlier the same day, a Pakistani security official told the New York Times.
US drone attack kills six in South WaziristanJune 23rd, 2009 PESHAWAR - Six people were killed and several others injured in a US drone attack Tuesday in the South Waziristan agency of the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) along the border with Afghanistan, a media report said. Quoting sources, Geo TV said US drones fired three missiles at a house in Ladha sub district, a stronghold of Taliban commander Baitullah Mehsud.
Five killed in US drone attack in South WaziristanJune 18th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - In yet another drone strike in less than a week in South Waziristan, at least five people were killed and several others injured when two US Predator aircrafts fired missiles at a suspected Taliban hideout in the Wana region on Thursday. According to the sources, the drones targeted the hideouts of Taliban commander Mullah Nazir in Shah Alam and Raghzai area near Wana, firing five missiles.
US drone attack kills five in PakistanJune 18th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - At least five people were killed Thursday when missiles fired from a suspected US drone landed close to them in northwest Pakistan, TV reports said. Dawn TV said the drone fired four missiles in the Shahalam area of South Waziristan, and one of the missiles hit a militants' training camp.
Three killed in suspected US drone strike in South WaziristanJune 14th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - Three persons were killed and several others were injured in a suspected US drone strike in South Waziristan's Miranshah region on Sunday. According to sources, the unmanned US Predator aircrafts fired everal missiles at a suspected terrorist vehicle in the Laddha egion of South Waziristan, killing the three persons on the spot
"A drone attack targeting a militant vehicle killed three people in Mardar Algad area.
Taliban threatens to carry out two attacks per week in PakistanApril 6th, 2009 PESHAWAR - The Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan has claimed responsibility for the suicide attack on the Frontier Constabulary camp in Islamabad, and promised that they would carry out two suicide attacks per week unless the United States stops drone attacks in tribal areas. "We claim responsibility for the Islamabad suicide attack.
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