Tag: North Waziristan
Thousands flee North Waziristan during curfew suspension
Around 30,000 people fled a major military offensive against the Taliban in North Waziristan on Wednesday, after authorities eased a curfew in a sign...
Zarb-e-Azb continues; 25 killed as jets bomb militant training camp and...
RAWALPINDI-
Military operation 'Zarb-e-Azb' in North Waziristan is being carried out successfully according to the plans, Director General Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR) issued a...
US drone strike kills at least six in NW
MIRANSHAHA-
A US drone strike early on Wednesday morning killed at least six suspected militants in Miranshah, North Waziristan.
According to sources, the drone fired...
50 more terrorists wiped out by PAF in North Waziristan
PESHAWAR-
Aircrafts of Pakistan Air Force (PAF) on Tuesday carried out another round of airstrike in parts of North Waziristan early on Tuesday, killing at...
TTP threatens to ‘burn palaces in Islamabad and Lahore’ in response...
PESHAWAR-
The Pakistani Taliban on Monday warned foreign firms to leave the country after thousands of troops launched a long-awaited offensive in a troubled tribal...
Six soldiers fall in NW
MIRANSHAH-
Six army soldiers were martyred on Monday in a mine blast in Ghulam Khan area of North Waziristan, a private news channel reported.
The soldiers...
OPERATION ZARB-E-AZB: 27 militants killed in fresh air strikes in North...
Pakistan launches fresh air strikes on the northwest tribal region where it has deployed up to 30,000 troops in a long-awaited offensive to eliminate...
PAKISTAN ZINDABAD!
Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif gives Pakistan Army formal approval to launch long-awaited full scale military operation against foreign and local terrorists in North Waziristan...
North Waziristan empties out as foreign fighters flee
Residents have seen foreign militants, including Chechens, Uzbeks, Turkmen, Tajiks and Uighurs leave the Machis Camp and Dattakhel village near Miramshah, as well as...
Military operation against militants driving families over border into Afghanistan: Afghan...
KABUL-
Hundreds of Pakistani families have fled from a surge of fighting between Pakistani government forces and militants into neighbouring Afghanistan, an Afghan government official...
10 militants killed in two drone strikes in North Waziristan
PESHAWAR-
Ten militants were killed in this year's first two drone strikes in Pakistan, officials said on Thursday, six months after the attacks were suspended...
Three FC men fall in North Waziristan suicide attack
PESHAWAR-
Three soldiers were martyred while several others were injured in a suicide bombing in North Waziristan on Monday.
According to sources, the Frontier Corps personnel...
Seven militants killed in fresh TTP infighting: officials
MIRANSHAH-
Fresh clashes between banned militant outfit Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) and a breakaway faction killed at least seven militants in the Pakistan's restive northwest on...
Pakistani troops lose a soldier in Bajaur clash, slay 14 militants
ISLAMABAD-
Backed by helicopter gunships, Pakistani troops on Saturday killed 14 militants following an attack on army posts near the Afghan border, two army officers...
Militants get impatient, give ultimatum for peace
Pakistan militant leader Hafiz Gul Bahadar has announced termination of 2006 Peace Accord with the government as a protest against Pak Army military action...
NW Taliban announce fight against military operation, ask locals to leave...
PESHAWAR-
Taliban militants in North Waziristan have formally revoked the peace agreement with the government of Pakistan, according to a pamphlet shared by a private...
Three troops fall in NW IED attack
MIRANSHAH-
At least three soldiers were killed and two others were wounded in a roadside bomb blast in North Waziristan area on Thursday, officials said.
The...