Tag: drone strike

Mullah Mansour’s body handed over to heirs in Afghanistan

Interior Minister Nisar says Afghan Taliban chief’s body handed over to family after ‘fulfilling all legal requirements’

Imran flays govt’s weak response over US drone strike

Says PM promised there won’t be drone strikes when he comes to power, but now he will give up anything to stay in govt Imran...

PPP seeks debate on drone strike that killed Mullah Mansour

The Pakistan People's Party (PPP) moved the Senate on Monday to discuss the implications of the US drone strike that killed Afghan Taliban chief...

Prominent Qaeda figure killed in US drone strike in Syria

A senior Egyptian Al Qaeda figure fighting in Syria was killed in a US drone strike this week, the latest to be killed in...

Drone strike in Lower Kurram Agency wounds one suspected militant

A drone strike targeting suspected militant hideouts in the Shahidano Dhand area of Lower Kurram Agency near the shared border with Afghanistan on Monday...

Top Lashkar-i-Islam commander killed in Afghan drone strike

A key commander of the banned Lashkar-i-Islam (LI) militant outfit, said to be involved in terrorist attacks on security forces in Khyber tribal agency...

The Pakistani victim of Obama’s first-ever drone strike

The survivor of Obama’s first-ever drone strike in January 2009 has opened up out about life after the strike that changed his life irrevocably. Faheem...

TTP chief Fazlullah killed in drone strike: report

Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) chief Mullah Fazlullah has reportedly been killed in a drone strike in Afghanistan, Gulf News reported on Monday. According to unconfirmed reports, a...

Islamic State confirms death of ‘Jihadi John’ in Syria drone strike

The Islamic State group confirmed Tuesday the death of British extremist “Jihadi John”, saying he was killed in a drone strike in their Syrian...

Son of top TTP leader killed in latest US drone strike

  A son of former deputy chief of the banned terror outfit Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), Maulvi Faqir Mohammad, is said to have been killed in...

Drone strike kills four Al Qaeda suspects in Yemen

A presumed United States (US) drone strike has killed four suspected members of Al Qaeda in central Yemen, a security official said on Wednesday. The...

PTI chief calls for compensation to US drone strike victims

Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan on Thursday said that he would seek compensation for victims of a controversial US drone strike programme, vowing...

Al Qaeda militant killed in Pakistan hails from Kashmir: Family

    A family of occupied Kashmir has claimed that their son, who features in an Al-Qaeda propaganda video, was killed in a US drone strike...

US ‘reasonably certain’ drone strike killed ISIS mouthpiece ‘Jihadi John’

He hid his face, but "Jihadi John" was the English-speaking voice of ISIS. His twisted, videotaped taunts and acts of terrible cruelty -- beheading...

Three IS militants killed in US drone strike in Afghanistan

At least three suspected militants, belonging to the self-styled Islamic State militant group, were killed on Thursday in a US drone strikes in Nazyan...

3 terrorists killed by first indigenous drone

Three high profile terrorists were killed in North Waziristan tribal region by the first indigenous drone on Monday. The drone strike was confirmed by DG ISPR Major...

Nangarhar drone strike kills 13 militants

At least 13 rebels, including a commander, were killed in a drone strike in Mach Megi area of Lalpur district in eastern Nangarhar province,...