Tag: Orakzai Agency

Pak Army constructs girls’ school in place of Hakimullah Mehsud’s headquarter

ORAKZAI AGENCY: Pakistan Army has completed construction of a girls' school for higher secondary education at the place where once the headquarter of Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP)...

Watchdog says Orakzai Agency still out of bounds for journalists

PESHAWAR: Journalists are barred from visiting or reporting from Orakzai tribal district for the last five months and local tribal journalists’ pleas to lift...

7,000 heavy machine gun bullets recovered from Orakzai Agency 

ORAKZAI AGENCY: The security forces recovered thousands of bullets of heavy machine gun "buried underground" here on Sunday. Security sources said that on a tip-off,...

Mortar explosion kills child in Orakzai Agency

A mortar shell blast in Orakzai Agency of Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) killed a child on Thursday. Security officials told English daily that the...

Two terrorist hideouts destroyed in Orakzai Agency

The security forces destroyed two hideouts of a commander of a banned outfit Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) on Monday. According to reports, the security forces conducted...

Huge cache of weapons seized in Orakzai Agency

  Security forces on Tuesday seized a huge cache of weapons in an operation in Orakzai Agency. According to reports, the security forces, acting on a...

Aerial search operation in Orakzai Agency kills five suspected militants

In an aerial search conducted by security forces in the Shakar Tangi and Safeel Dara areas of central Orakzai Agency five suspected militants were...

Militants blow up school in Orakzai Agency

Militants blew up the Girls Middle School in Orakzai Agency demolishing three class rooms on Sunday. According to sources, militants blew up the school using...

Blast at football ground kills five in Lower Orakzai Agency

The incident appears to be an act of targeted killing with sectarian motives

Airstrikes, troops kill 39 militants

ISLAMABAD — Airstrikes and ground forces killed 39 militants as part of an ongoing operation in a volatile tribal region near the Afghan border, according...

Bombings, militant attacks in FATA, Quetta: Six dead

KHAR — Two bombings and a militant attack on a checkpoint in Pakistan killed six people Tuesday, officials said. The deadliest attack struck the security...

Four soldiers martyred, 20 militants killed in Orakzai Agency

HANGU- At least 20 militants were killed while four security personnel were martyred in a clash in Orakzai Agency on Saturday morning, a private news...

Eight IDPs from same family killed by gunmen in Hangu

PESHAWAR- At least eight people, including two women, were killed when unidentified gumnen stormed into a house and opened indiscriminate fire on Wednesday in Hangu. Another...

14 militants killed in Orakzai Agency

At least 14 militants were killed in air strikes in upper Orazkai Agency on Saturday morning. According to official sources, jetfighters pounded the hideouts of...

2 soldiers, 21 militants killed in Orakzai clashes

Dozens of militants attacked a paramilitary checkpoint overnight in the Khadizai area of Orakzai Agency, killing two soldiers and sparking clashes which left up...

20 militants killed in Orakzai Agency shelling

At least 20 militants were killed and their five hideouts destroyed in security forces shelling here on Thursday. According to details, the security forces attacked...

11 militants killed, 19 injured in Orakzai operation

Security forces targeted suspected hideouts of Tehrek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) affiliated insurgents, killing 11 miscreants and inflicting injuries on 19 others in Mamozai area of...