Over 100 militants surrender to military in Pakistan

September 13th, 2009 GUWAHATI - Hopes for an end to long years of violent bush war brightened in Assam with an influential tribal separatist group deciding to surrender en masse and hold peace talks with New Delhi, officials said here Monday. A police spokesperson said some 350 cadres and leaders of the outlawed Jewel Garlosa faction of the Dima Haolam Daogah (DHD-J), more popularly known as the Black Widow, have decided to surrender and join the peace process.

September 1st, 2009 PESHAWAR/KANJU - Pakistani security sources on Tuesday confirmed that they had retrieved the bodies of 41 Taliban militants over the past 24 hours in the Swat Valley, and secured the surrender of 104 extremists from the Kanju region. According to the sources, the killings appeared to be acts of revenge.

August 18th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - Pakistani security forces have arrested 34 militants in northwest Pakistan, the army said in a statement Tuesday. The militants were captured during search operations in Swat and Malakand division by the security forces and pro-government militias in the past 24 hours to Tuesday evening.

August 14th, 2009 Pakistan calls on Islamist militants to surrenderISLAMABAD — Pakistan on Friday urged Islamist militants recovering from the apparent slaying of their leader to surrender, promising that those who did would be treated fairly. The call could be a sign the government is seeking to exploit any potential weaknesses in the militant movement since Taliban leader Baitullah Mehsud was reportedly killed in a CIA missile strike on Aug.

August 3rd, 2009 ISLAMABAD - The Pakistani Army has captured 19 militants during search operations in northwestern part of the country, officials said Monday. In the past 24 hours to Monday evening, the security forces have captured 19 militants in the Swat and Buner regions of Pakistan, the army said in a statement.

July 31st, 2009 ISLAMABAD - Six militants were killed and several rebel commanders surrendered to the security forces during a search operation in northwest Pakistan, officials said Friday. The operation was carried out in the Swat and Malakand divisions of the North West Frontier Province (NWFP).

July 24th, 2009 Military: Clashes kill 5 militants in NW PakistanISLAMABAD — Security forces say clashes in the troubled Swat Valley and nearby areas in Pakistan's northwest have left five militants and a soldier dead. The military issued a statement Friday saying the deaths occurred during search and clearance operations over the previous 24 hours in various parts of Swat.

July 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.

June 27th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - Five militants loyal to Taliban chief Baitullah Mehsud were killed Saturday in a shootout in Karachi, the Pakistani police said. The gunfight broke out in the early hours of the day after the police raided an apartment on a tip-off that the militants were planning attacks in the southern port city, deputy police chief Zafar Bukhari said.

May 1st, 2009 Pakistan: 55 militants, 2 troops dead in northwestISLAMABAD — Pakistan's army says 55 militants and two troops have been killed in the past 24 hours in a raging battle for a district near the capital. Military spokesman Maj.

May 1st, 2009 ISLAMABAD - Ten security personnel were kidnapped Friday by militants in northwestern Pakistan, a media report said. The security men were kidnapped in Upper Dir district of North West Frontier Province (NWFP), the Dawn TV channel reported citing unnamed officials.

April 27th, 2009 Pak FM: 'Do not panic' over Taliban advancesKABUL — Pakistan's foreign minister asked U.S. officials Monday to "not panic" over Taliban advances in western Pakistan, saying his country would not surrender or capitulate to militants.

March 31st, 2009 GUWAHATI - A total of 53 militants surrendered before the Army in Assam's Tinsukia district on Tuesday. These 53 militants included 44 members of the banned militant outfit United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA), three from Nationalist Socialist Council of Nagaland (NSCN) and six of the Adivasi National Liberation Army (ANLA).

March 11th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - A major tribe in Pakistan has agreed to stop sheltering the foreign militants, hand over local Taliban leaders and accept the writ of the government in troubled Bajaur district, media reports said Tuesday. The breakthrough came days after Pakistan's security forces announced they had defeated the militants in Bajaur after six months of fighting.

February 12th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - At least five militants were killed and six others were injured in an exchange of fire with security forces Friday in northwestern Pakistan, a military statement said. According to the statement, militants opened fire on a patrolling party of the Pakistan Army near Matta in the Swat district, forcing the security personnel to retaliate.