Tag: drone strikes
Nearly 60 per cent of Americans back drone strikes overseas: survey
Support for drone strikes crosses party lines, although Republicans, at 74 per cent, are more likely than Democrats, at 52 per cent, to favour...
New push to give Pentagon the lead on drone strikes
The deaths of an Italian and an American in a covert CIA drone strike in Pakistan, and the rhetorical contortions required of the president...
New push to give Pentagon the lead on drone strikes
The deaths of an Italian and an American in a covert CIA drone strike in Pakistan, and the rhetorical contortions required of the president...
Pakistanis see double standard in drone strikes
People in Pakistan who live under the threat of US drone strikes see a double standard at work in Washington.
Last week, President Barack Obama...
Taliban commander among 3 killed in Kunar drone strikes
A senior Taliban commander among three was killed in an early morning drone strike in eastern Kunar province of Afghanistan.
Abdul Habib Sayedkhili, police chief...
Theologians cast doubt on morality of drone strikes
Former president of Chicago Theological Seminary says drones have made the whole world a battlefield
In 2006, stirred by photos of US soldiers mistreating Iraqi...
Drone strike kills five in North Waziristan
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A US drone strike on Monday killed at least five militant suspects in North Waziristan, where Islamabad launched a full-scale military offensive last year, security...
Five militants killed in North Waziristan drone strike
NORTH WAZIRISTAN-
At leastfive militant suspects were killed and several others were injured in a US drone strike on Thursday in Shawal valley of...
Two U.S. drone strikes kill seven militants in North Waziristan
DERA ISMAIL KHAN-
Two suspected U.S. drones fired missiles at militant hideouts in northwest Pakistan on Friday killing at least seven fighters, Pakistani intelligence officials...
Drone strike in Afghanistan kills 4 Pakistani Taliban – official
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A U.S. drone strike in eastern Afghanistan killed four Pakistani Taliban members and seven other insurgents, a district government official said Wednesday.
The...
Pakistani Taliban squeezed by Afghan revolt, US drone strikes
PESHAWAR-
Pakistani Taliban militants holed up in Afghanistan are being squeezed by a series of U.S. drone strikes and a revolt against them, a...
Musharraf clarifies he allowed US drone strike only ‘once’: report
LONDON-
Former president General (r) Pervez Mushrraf, believed to have given a green light to US drone strikes in Pakistan during his rule, clarified that...
US drone kills 4 militants in North Waziristan
ISLAMABAD —
Pakistani intelligence officials say a suspected U.S. drone strike has killed four alleged militants in the country's tribal region along the Afghan...
U.S. drone strike kills six suspected militants in northwest Pakistan
PESHAWAR-
A U.S. drone strike killed six suspected militants in northwestern Pakistan, security officials said on Friday, as al Qaeda said two members of the...
Nisar seeks permanent halt to drone strikes in Pakistan
Federal Minister for Interior Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan on Tuesday demanded the United States stop drone attacks in Pakistan’s territory permanently.
“The six months break...
US drones mark Eid by killing 23 in NWA
*Six killed, 11 injured in US drone strike on Wednesday
*Earlier attacks kill key militant commander and six militants besides targeting a suspected militant...
Khan says business interests keeping PM mum on drone strikes
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan said Tuesday that Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif cannot condemn US drone strikes because his business interests lie in...
