3 hrs ago | Bloomberg.com - Asia
Pakistan Military Says More Than 600 Taliban Killed in Waziristan Campaign
Pakistana s forces have killed 600 fighters, at least 7 percent of the nationa s main Taliban force, in a six-week-old offensive in South Waziristan, military spokesman Athar Abbas said.
11 hrs ago | The Muslim News
Pakistan: Security forces kill 4 extremists in Khyber Agency
PESHAWAR, : In an ongoing operation security forces have killed four extremists in Khyber Agency.
20 hrs ago | Pan-African News Wire
US Firm Accused of Conducting Covert Pakistan Operations Against Taliban Leaders
Tuesday, November 24, 2009 23:02 Mecca time, 20:02 GMT US firm 'runs covert Pakistan ops' Peshawar has borne the brunt of recent Taliban attacks in retaliation for a military offensive A new report has accused the US private security firm formerly known as Blackwater of operating a covert assassination and kidnapping programme against suspected ...
Militant Violence Creates Climate of Fear In Peshawar
Abubaker Saddique 11/29/09 A EurasiaNet Partner Post from RFE/RL Riaz lives in a small village on the outskirts of Pakistan's northwestern city of Peshawar.
The road to the legendary Swat Valley twists through the Malakand Pass and beneath the Malakand Fort, from which young Winston Churchill sent newspaper dispatches about a "mad mullah" trying to drive the British army out.
British police fear many Pak extremists posing as students may have entered the UK
London, Nov 28 : Britain's counter-terrorism police believe that dozens of extremists could have arrived in the country here by posing as students or legitimate visitors, after13, 000 visa applicants have entered the country from Pakistan in a seven month period since October last year without any checks on their supporting documentation.
Three including two policemen injured in Peshawar blast
At least three people including two policemen injured in a blast on Charsadda Road in Peshawar.
Worldview: The struggle after the fight
The road to the legendary Swat Valley twists through the Malakand pass and beneath the Malakand Fort, from which young Winston Churchill sent newspaper dispatches about a "mad mullah" trying to drive the British army out.
Afghan refugees celebrate Eid in Peshawar
Festival marked partially in Fata Saturday, November 28, 2009 Bureau report PESHAWAR: Afghan refugees living in and around the provincial capital and some tribesmen of various agencies celebrated Eidul Azha on Friday while the festival would be celebrated today in rest of the province.
Trudy Rubin: U.S., Pakistan need to fight militants together
While Americans are focused on the U.S. fight against the Taliban in Afghanistan, an equally critical battle is being waged by the Pakistani army against Taliban groups next door.
One Year After Mumbai Attacks - Lessons and Challenges for Pakistan
Hassan Abbas, The Hindu, November 25, 2009 http://beta.thehindu.com/opinion/op-ed/article54324.ece The tragic Mumbai attacks in November 2008 unfortunately derailed the India-Pakistan peace process in its wake.
Afghan instability seen behind terror acts in Pakistan
Wednesday, November 25, 2009 Tauseef-ur-Rahman PESHAWAR: The civil society members and representatives of the political parties have expressed concern over rising terror acts in the Frontier province, saying there will be no peace in Pakistan, nay in the whole region, till the policy of establishing strategic depth in Afghanistan is not revisited.
Bomb injures 3 people in northwestern Pakistan
PESHAWAR, Pakistan - A roadside bomb targeting a police officer exploded in the main northwestern city of Peshawar on Thursday, injuring three people in the latest of a wave of attacks to strike the area since the army launched a major anti-Taliban offensive last month.The bomb was detonated by remote control as Riaz Ulislam, the head of a police ...
Big Pakistan offensive has failed to nab any Taliban leaders
Most of the Taliban fighters and all of their leaders apparently have escaped Pakistan's widely publicized six-week-old offensive in South Waziristan, forcing the army to begin pounding other parts of the country's lawless tribal area.
Costs, security crimp Pakistanis' feast celebrations
Sky-rocketing prices and security concerns are keeping butchers' knives sheathed in Pakistan ahead of the Muslim feast of sacrifice this year, with people buying less livestock for ritual slaughter.
Philippines declares emergency after 46 killed
Map locates Maguindanao and Sultan Kudarat provinces in the Philippines, which President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo placed under a state of emergency Map locates Peshawar, Pakistan, where militants have been killed in an assault on insurgents blamed for a wave of bombings ** EDS NOTE GRAPHIC CONTENT ** Volunteers carry the body of one of the massacre ...
Militants destroy Nato oil tanker in Pakistan
Suspected Taliban militants on Wednesday attacked and destroyed a tanker supplying fuel to Nato troops in neighbouring Afghanistan, police said.
Security agency Blackwater not operating in Pakistan: US
Islamabad, Nov 25 : The US embassy here has rejected suggestions of secret operations by American security agency Blackwater in Pakistan, terming them false and baseless.
Islam and Pak can not be separated: COAS
Chief of Army staff Gen. Ashfaq Parvez Kayani has arrived here at Peshawar on a day long visit on Wednesday.
Security forces backed by gunship helicopters killed 23 militants and captured 39 more during an operation against the banned Lashkar-e-Islam group in Bara sub-division of Khyber tribal region, said a spokesman of the Frontier Corps.