Pak Army claims to have killed 100 more Taliban in Bannu

September 28th, 2009 BANNU - At least five people, including Peace Committee Member Maulana Abdul Hakim, were killed in a suicide attack in Pakistan's Bannu city. According to The News, a suicide bomber rammed his explosive-laden van with the vehicle of Maulana Abdul Hakim, who was travelling with his associates on Miranshah Road in Baka Khel area of Bannu.

September 27th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - The United States has said that extremism remains a threat for the Pakistanis and the country's democratic set-up. Referring to Saturday's terror attacks in Peshawar and Bannu, a statement released by the US embassy here said the twin attacks were a grim reminder of the extremist threat.

September 26th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - A suicide bomber struck a police station in Pakistan's troubled northwest Saturday, killing at least three people and wounding dozens more, police said. The attacker detonated his pickup truck with around 150 kg of explosives at the gates of Mandan police station on the fringes of Bannu town.

September 26th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - The Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) has claimed responsibility for the suicide attack on a police station in Bannu in which six persons were killed and 60 others wounded on Saturday. According to sources, TTP spokesperson Qari Hussain has claimed the responsibility for the attack.

September 24th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - Militants have killed seven tribal chiefs in Pakistan's Bannu district, TV channels reported Thursday. The seven dead tribal elders were members of peace committee bodies supporting the Pakistani government against militants.

August 21st, 2009 ISLAMABAD - At least eight militants have been killed in clashes with security forces in the FR Janikhel area of Bannu District, the Dawn reported on Friday. Three security personnel were also injured as mortars fired by militants hit the FC Fort in the same area.

July 23rd, 2009 RAWALPINDI - The Pakistan Army has killed at least 27 Taliban fighters in various districts of the Malakand division in the last 24 hours. According to an ISPR statement, fighter jets pounded Taliban hideouts in South Waziristan killing six close aides of the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) chief Baitullah Mehsud.

July 20th, 2009 PESHAWAR - At least five security personnel were killed in an ambush and in a roadside bomb attack in Peshawar and Bannu on Monday. Four security personnel were killed on the outskirts of Peshawar from multiple bullet wounds.

July 15th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - Pakistani security forces killed six Taliban militants in Swat valley, officials said Wednesday, as thousands of people displaced by a government offensive returned to their homes in parts of the district. The clash took place in the Kabal area, one of the former bastions of the guerrilla fighters, located near Swat's main town of Mingora.

July 9th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - Six soldiers were injured in the operations against Taliban militants in northwestern Pakistan's Swat and Malakand regions Thursday, the army said. An improvised explosives device exploded in Bannu area near a road clearance party injuring six soldiers, said a release issued by the official Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR).

June 13th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - The Pakistan Army has reportedly killed 60 more Taliban insurgents in the past 24 hours, during its whirlwind offensive in Malakand and other different regions of the Swat Valley. "39 terrorists were killed in various areas of Malakand.

June 10th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - After making considerable headway against the Taliban in three districts of the country's troubled northwest, the military has opened up another front in the Bannu district, killing some 70 militants in two days of fighting. Quoting sources, Geo TV said more than 70 militants have been killed during two days of operation in Bannu's Baka Khel and Jani Khel areas.

June 4th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - More than 40 cadets and staff members from an army-run college who were in Taliban captivity for three days in Pakistan's troubled north-west have been released, the military said Thursday. "Forty-six students and two teachers are now in the custody of the security forces," said Major General Athar Abbas, chief military spokesman.

June 2nd, 2009 MIRANSHAH - Students and staff of Pakistan's Razmak Cadet College, who were kidnapped on Monday by Taliban militants in Bannu region, have been rescued, the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) spokesman has said. The News quoted Sardar Abbas, Commissioner of Bannu region, as saying that the army and the Frontier Corps launched a joint operation 20 kilometre east of Razmak in Garium, and rescued at least 71 students and nine staff members of the cadet college.

May 30th, 2009 RAWALPINDI - The Pakistan Army has claimed that it has pushed the Taliban out of Bahrain and Peochar village in the Swat Valley, killing at least 28 insurgents including a top commander Khush Mir Khan alias Abu Huzaifa in the process. Security forces have also arrested seven Taliban from different areas of the valley.