Three killed in Pakistan fighting

September 1st, 2009 PESHAWAR - At least 42 militants were killed in fighting with security forces in the Khyber Agency region of Pakistan, Online news agency reported Tuesday. The report said 50 other militants were captured during search operations in the same area.

August 31st, 2009 ISLAMABAD - Fifteen militants were killed in fighting with the security forces in northwest Pakistan, officials said Monday. The security forces also captured 22 militants during search operations in the Swat and Malakand districts in the past 24 hours till Monday evening, the Online news agency reported citing a statement of the Pakistan Army.

August 21st, 2009 BANNU - Twelve militants were killed and three security personnel were wounded Friday in fighting in northwest Pakistan, the Online news agency reported. The fighting started after the militants attacked a camp of the security forces in the Jaani Khel area of Bannu district in North West Frontier Province (NWFP).

July 23rd, 2009 ON BOARD SPECIAL AIRCRAFT - Union Minister for External Affairs SM Krishna on Thursday said that Pakistan should show the same force in fighting anti-India terrorists and organisations in the same manner as it has done in fighting Taliban and other militant organisations in Swat. "Pakistan has taken certain steps in fighting Taliban in Swat and we expect that Pakistan should go after the Talibans who are directed against India with the same force that they have been going after Taliban in Swat.

July 23rd, 2009 ON BOARD SPECIAL AIRCRAFT - India Thursday asked Pakistan to "show the same force" in fighting anti-India terrorists on its soil as it has done in combating the Taliban and other anti-West militants. "Pakistan has taken certain steps like fighting the Taliban in the Swat valley," External Affairs Minister S.M.

July 20th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - Fourteen militants, including three rebel commanders, were killed in fighting with the security forces in northwest Pakistan, officials said Monday. In the past 24 hours to Monday evening, the security forces killed 14 terrorists, including three rebel commanders, in a search operation in the Swat and Malakand districts in northwest Pakistan, the Pakistan Army said in a statement.

July 16th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - Eight militants and two soldiers were killed in fighting in northwest Pakistan, officials said Thursday. In the past 24 hours to Thursday evening, the security forces have killed eight militants during search operations in North West Frontier Province (NWFP) and in the neighbouring areas, the army said in a statement.

July 4th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - Twelve militants were killed Saturday after security forces bombed their hideouts in northwest Pakistan, TV reports said. Combat helicopters and fighter jets of the security forces have destroyed three militants' hideouts in the Orakzai tribal agency near the Afghan border, reports said.

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 29th, 2009 MIRANSHAH - At least 15 militants and a security personnel were killed in fighting in South Waziristan area of Pakistan Monday, the Online news agency reported. The fighting started when the militants fired a rocket at the camp of security forces in Razmik area, killing a security personnel and wounding five others.

June 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.

June 12th, 2009 PESHAWAR - Twelve militants were killed in a clash with security forces in northwest of the country, a media report said Friday. Sources said 12 militants were killed and four security forces personnel were injured in fighting in Shaikh Baba area in Mohmand Agency, Geo TV reported.

May 31st, 2009 ISLAMABAD - At least 40 Taliban militants have been killed in a clash with security forces in northwestern Pakistan, according to a media report Sunday. The gun battle occurred in South Waziristan on the border with Afghanistan following an attack on a paramilitary camp Saturday night, the Dawn reported citing an intelligence source.

May 2nd, 2009 ISLAMABAD - At least 16 militants were killed in clashes with the security forces in Pakistan's Mohmand agency bordering Afghanistan, TV reports said Saturday. The fighting started when the militants attacked a security checkpost in the Spinkai Tangai area, some 25 km from Ghalani, the headquarters of Muhmand Agency, the state-run PTV said.

April 6th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani has said that Pakistan deserves America's trust, as it is "a frontline state fighting extremism and terrorism." Gilani told the Tribune-Review that the country's critics do not understand the war's complexities or "the price we are paying." "The Afghanistan-Pakistan border is such a difficult situation that even the United States and NATO forces are fighting... there for the last five and a half years, with what results?" Gilani asked.