Tag: Pakistan
Pakistani soldiers, tribal group kill 28 militants
At least 28 Taliban militants have been killed by a new tribal force and Pakistani troops in the country's Bajaur region.[MORE]
Court hears terror suspect tortured in Pakistan
A court has heard a Melbourne man accused of accepting cash from Al Qaeda was tortured when he was arrested in Pakistan.[MORE]
Pakistan presses offensive against Taliban
Troops and helicopter gunships have killed about 40 Taliban militants while four people, including a politician, were injured in a roadside bomb in northwest Pakistan, officials said.[MORE]
Pakistan kills 24 Al Qaeda-linked militants
Pakistani troops backed by helicopter gunships and artillery killed at least 24 militants with links to Al Qaeda in a tribal region near the Afghan border, officials said.[MORE]
Pakistan gunship raid kills 35 Islamic militants: officials
Pakistani helicopter gunships have attacked a meeting of Islamic militants linked to Al Qaeda near the border with Afghanistan, leaving 35 fighters dead, security officials said.[MORE]
New Pakistan cricket boss unhappy with coach Lawson
Pakistan's new cricket boss has turned up the heat on the team's Australian coach Geoff Lawson, saying he favoured having a home-grown player in charge.[MORE]
Suicide blast kills 15 in Pakistan
A suicide bomber has blown himself up at a meeting of anti-Taliban tribal leaders in a Pakistani region on the Afghan border, killing at least 15 people and wounding dozens, officials have said.[MORE]
Children dead in Pakistan bus crash
At least 25 people, most of them school children, have been killed in a head-on collision between an overcrowded bus and a truck near the central Pakistan town of Lodhran, police said.[MORE]
Pakistan blasts kill 10, injure 8: officials
A roadside bomb has exploded near a prison van and a school bus in north-western Pakistan, killing at least 10 people, a local mayor and a police official said.[MORE]
Car bomb blast wounds eight in Islamabad
A car bomb attack on the police headquarters in the Pakistani capital of Islamabad has wounded at least eight people, a senior police official says.[MORE]
Pakistani gunships kill 20 Al Qaeda militants
At least 20 Al Qaeda-linked militants, eight of them foreigners, were killed when Pakistani helicopter gunships hit rebel hideouts in a tribal region near the Afghan border, officials said.[MORE]
Death toll rises in Pakistani suicide bombing
A suicide bomber in central Pakistan has killed 17 people and wounded a Pakistani opposition politician.[MORE]
Suicide blast at Pakistan MP's house kills 12: police
A suicide bomber killed 12 people and wounded a Pakistani opposition politician on Monday (local time) in the latest attack to underscore the threat posed by Taliban and Al Qaeda militants.[MORE]
Zardari extends olive branch to India
Pakistan's President Asif Zardari has expressed unorthodox views about his country's relationship with India in an interview with The Wall Street Journal.[MORE]
Pakistan troops kill six Taliban near Afghan border: officials
At least six Taliban insurgents were killed as Pakistani troops pounded suspected militant hideouts in the troubled tribal district of Bajaur on the Afghan border, officials said Sunday.[MORE]
US strike kills 9 in Pakistan: reports
A United States missile strike in a Pakistani tribal region known as a haven for Taliban and Al Qaeda fighters has killed at least nine people, Pakistani intelligence officials say.[MORE]
Blast kills at least 4 in NW Pakistan
At least four people have been killed in north-western Pakistan in a suspected suicide bomb attack aimed at a prominent ethnic Pashtun politician, officials have said.[MORE]
37 killed in fiery Pakistan collision
Thirty-seven people were killed in Pakistan, most of them burnt to death, when the bus taking them home for a Muslim holiday collided with a milk tanker, a senior government official says.[MORE]
US drone kills 5 in missile strike: Pakistan officials
A US pilotless drone fired two missiles at a house in north-west Pakistan killing five people, Pakistani intelligence agency officials said.[MORE]
20,000 refugees flee Pakistan for Afghanistan
Some 20,000 people from Pakistan's north-western tribal region of Bajaur have fled to Afghanistan this summer due to intense fighting between government forces and militants, the United Nations said.[MORE]
Afghanistan: What is the plan?
Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari doesn't have the strength of character and the domestic support to drive the US agenda.[MORE]
Pakistan stands firm over US 'incursion'
Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari has told the UN General Assembly that his country will not tolerate incursions into its territory.[MORE]
India, Pakistan agree to open Kashmir trade
The leaders of India and Pakistan have announced that trade across the Line of Control, which divides the disputed region of Kashmir, will begin next month. [MORE]
Pakistan 'fires on NATO forces'
There are conflicting reports over a possible exchange of fire between NATO and Pakistani forces.[MORE]
Long-term effort needed in Pakistan: US military chief
The top military man in the United States, Admiral Mike Mullen, says his country needs a big, long-term effort to help Pakistan fight a growing Islamist insurgency in tribal areas.[MORE]
