Tag: Militants

Troops foil another cross-border raid, kill 6 militants

Security forces countered yet another cross-border attack on a check post in Dir, killing up to six militants in retaliatory fire. Officials said...

6 militants killed by security forces in Dir

At least six militants were killed when their cross border attack on security forces Karkay check post was repulsed on Friday. Official sources said that...

FC kills four militants in Hangu

Up to four militants were killed in retaliatory fire of the Frontier Corps (FC) while three FC personnel also sustained injuries when their check...

Six unidentified bodies recovered in Khyber Agency

The security forces have recovered dead bodies of six unidentified persons from different areas of Khyber Agency on Friday. According to official sources, the dwellers...

Pakistani forces kill 8 militants in Upper Dir

The Pakistan forces killed eight militants during a crackdown in Mamuzai area of Upper Dir on Tuesday. The forces shelled the hideouts of militants in...

Police arrest Brahamdagh Bugti’s militants

Police on Tuesday claimed to have arrested two suspects involved in blowing up rail tracks and staging bombings and in link with Brahamdagh Bugti,...

Afghan militants ambush army convoy in Upper Dir, 21 killed

Afghan militants on Sunday attacked a military convoy in Upper Dir, an area bordering Afghanistan, resulting in the killing of at least 21 people,...

US vows to take steps to mitigate threat of Pakistani safe...

The US and Pakistan appear to be heading for renewed collision after a top American general blamed a bloody attack on a Kabul hotel...

Five Afghan militants, soldier killed in Dir skirmish

Security forces clashed with militants crossing over from Afghanistan in Upper Dir, killing five intruders and losing one soldier in the skirmish on Friday....

10 militants killed in jet bombing in Khyber

At least 10 militants were killed when fighter jets targeted their hideouts in Tirah Valley of Khyber Agency on Wednesday. The officials said that five...

Policy towards militants

Wake up and smell the TNT Whatever hopes the real policy makers might have harboured about the “ good Taliban” should be dampened by what...

Drone kills three militants in Miranshah

A US drone attack killed at least three militants early Thursday in northwestern tribal region, known as a hotbed of Taliban and Al-Qaeda militants,...

‘US drone strike’ against Qaeda in Yemen kills 9: source

A US drone strike Wednesday on a house and car in Yemen's restive southeastern Shabwa province killed nine people, believed to be Al-Qaeda militants,...

Say goodbye to drone attacks

Despite complaints from Islamabad that the drone strikes not only violate its sovereignty but also result in scores of collateral deaths, the US is...

Tirah falls

Where are we going wrong? Clear, hold, build. That’s what the Americans and other coalition partners were going for, with varying measures of success, in...

Clashes between rival militants claim two lives

Two people, including a militant commander, were killed and several others injured as a result of clashes between gun totting militants from rival groups...

Another attack

The method to the madness Terror has struck the blighted city of Peshawar again. Around 19 people and counting have lost their lives while many...