Targeting a top al-Qaeda commander, a US drone today fired missiles at a hideout in Pakistan's North Waziristan tribal region killing eight militants, most of them foreigners, even as a bomb packed with steel pellets left at least three policemen dead in Peshawar.The drone fired missiles in a village near Mir Ali, a key town in North Waziristan tribal agency killing eight militants, many of whom had...
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Eight people were killed in a suspected US drone strike in northwestern Pakistan's tribal area, officials said Friday.The unmanned aircraft fired two missiles on a house at Mir Ali tehsil in North Waziristan tribal agency near the Afghan border, officials said.On Thursday, another drone attack killed at least four people and injured five in North Waziristan.Washington says insurgent fighters are hiding...
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Eight people were killed in a suspected US drone strike in northwestern Pakistan's tribal area, officials said Friday.The unmanned aircraft fired two missiles on a house at Mir Ali tehsil in North Waziristan tribal agency near the Afghan border, officials said.On Thursday, another drone attack killed at least four people and injured five in North Waziristan.Washington says insurgent fighters are hiding...
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Eight people were killed in a suspected US drone strike in northwestern Pakistan's tribal area, officials said Friday.The unmanned aircraft fired two missiles on a house at Mir Ali tehsil in North Waziristan tribal agency near the Afghan border, officials said.On Thursday, another drone attack killed at least four people and injured five in North Waziristan.Washington says insurgent fighters are hiding...
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people were killed and four injured in a suspected US drone attack in North Waziristan, a media report said Thursday.The attack was carried out by a suspected US unmanned spy plane on Norok tehsil of Mir Ali in North Waziristan Agency (NWA) late Wednesday night, Geo News reported.According to sources, the identity of the dead and the wounded was yet to be ascertained.North Waziristan is a known sanctuary...
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eight Taliban militants were killed today in a US drone attack in Pakistan's troubled North Waziristan tribal region, the second such strike in the area within three days.The drone attack occurred in Macchikhel area near Mirali, a key town in North Waziristan tribal agency, TV news channels reported.The drone targeted members of the Haqqani faction of the Taliban that is active in Afghanistan.Earlier...
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Islamabad, Nov 21 : Four Pakistani soldiers were killed in a Taliban rocket attack on their camp in the troubled northwestern borderlands, while the forces killed six militants in retaliatory fire, officials said Saturday.The militants targeted the army with artillery fire in Mir Ali town of the volatile North Waziristan tribal district that borders Afghanistan and is a known hotbed of Taliban and...
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Displaced tribesmen, fleeing from military operations in South Waziristan queue for aid on November 2, 2009.Official: Strike took place in North Waziristan border region where the Taliban has long operatedStrike is less than 2 weeks after suspected drone strike killed at least 25 in Bajaur, PakistanPakistani military continues to press its offensive against Taliban in South Waziristan-- A suspected...
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A US drone fired two missiles in Pakistan’s lawless North Waziristan tribal region on Friday killing eight alleged militants, officials said.
"The US drone fired two missiles in North Waziristan killing eight people," a security official said.
This was the second such attack this week. The earlier attack killed four alleged militants in the same region.
The Pakistani...
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Islamabad, Nov 21 : Four Pakistani soldiers were killed in a Taliban rocket attack on their camp in the troubled northwestern borderlands, while the forces killed six militants in retaliatory fire, officials said Saturday.The militants targeted the army with artillery fire in Mir Ali town of the volatile North Waziristan tribal district that borders Afghanistan and is a known hotbed of Taliban and...
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