Militants kill seven tribal chiefs in PakistanSeptember 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.
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.
Eight militants killed, 14 arrested in Swat, Malakand: Pak ArmyAugust 5th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - Pakistani security forces have killed eight militants and arrested 14 suspects during military operations in Swat, Dir and Malakand. Three militants were killed during a search operation in the Goratai area of the Swat valley.
Pakistani Army captures 19 militantsAugust 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.
Pakistani tribesmen kill 15 militants near AfghanistanJuly 14th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - Pro-government militia killed at least 15 Islamist insurgents in Pakistan's Mohmand tribal district near the Afghan border, a security official said Tuesday. Local tribesmen in the district's Ambar village Monday night asked the guerrillas to leave their area, triggering an intense gunfight that continued through Tuesday morning.
Pakistani tribesmen kill 15 militantsJuly 14th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - A pro-government militia killed at least 15 Islamist insurgents in Pakistan's northwestern Mohmand tribal district near the Afghan border, a security official said on Tuesday. Local tribesmen in the district's Ambar village Monday night asked the guerrillas to leave their area, triggering an intense gunfight that continued through Tuesday morning.
Militants blow up schools in PakistanJune 19th, 2009 PESHAWAR - Taliban militants have blown up two schools in Bajaur tribal agency in northwest Pakistan, a media report said Friday. The militants have destroyed dozens of schools in the area in the recent past.
Pakistan Army kills 16 militants in SwatMay 19th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - Sixteen Taliban militants and three security forces personnel were killed in separate overnight clashes in Pakistan's restive Swat Valley, officials said Tuesday. According to the authorities, the security forces are currently consolidating their positions in the valley.
Pakistani troops kill 55 militantsMay 15th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - Pakistani troops have killed 55 militants in various parts of Swat valley during the last 24 hours. "Fifty-five miscreants have been killed in various areas of Swat during the last 24 hours while three security forces personnel embraced martyrdom and 11 others were injured," Pakistani military said in a statement.
Pakistani troops kill 26 militants near Afghan borderMay 10th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - Pakistani paramilitary troops repelled 'a massive attack' near the Afghanistan border Sunday, killing 26 Islamist militants and injuring a dozen more, a spokesman said. Scores of militants attacked a camp of the Frontier Corps paramilitary force in the Ambar area of the Mohmand tribal district at around 3.15 a.m.
Pakistani forces kill 22 militants in tribal areaApril 20th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - Twenty-two Taliban militants and two civilians were killed as Pakistani security forces carried out aerial and artillery strikes in two districts of the country's lawless tribal region, officials and residents said Monday. Pakistani jets and helicopters started targeting locations of Islamist insurgents in Orakzai tribal district Sunday, and continued the strikes by Monday noon.
Militants kidnap 11 policemen in Pakistan's Khyber areaMarch 29th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - Islamist militants Sunday kidnapped 11 tribal policemen following an attack on a checkpoint in northwestern Pakistan bordering Afghanistan, an official said. The gunmen forced the Khasadar policemen to surrender all weapons after laying siege to the Shin Qamar post in Khyber tribal district, a hub of militant activity.
Militants kill 10 security personnel in PakistanMarch 8th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - Authorities Sunday found the bodies of 10 security personnel executed by Taliban militants in Pakistan's tribal region bordering Afghanistan, an official said. Those killed were among 15 tribal militiamen who were abducted by rebels late Saturday in Mohmand tribal district, a safe haven of Taliban and Al Qaeda fighters.
Pakistan forces launch new offensive against militantsDecember 29th, 2008 ISLAMABAD - Pakistan's security forces opened a new front against militants in a tribal region bordering Afghanistan early Tuesday, the News Network International (NNI) news agency reported. The security forces launched an offensive in Jamrud, a main town in the Khyber tribal region, said the report.
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