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A key anti-Taliban tribal leader was assassinated Friday in a roadside bombing, the latest in a series of attacks against pro-government militias in the Afghan border area of northwestern Pakistan.
Bombers killed an anti-Taliban leader in Pakistan's tribal belt where the military said a new operation killed 15 militants Friday as insurgents expand their battles near the Afghan border.
A key anti-Taliban tribal leader was assassinated Friday in a roadside bombing, the latest in a series of attacks against pro-government militias in the Afghan border area of northwestern Pakistan, officials said.
In Pakistan, end of amnesty that protected senior officials from prosecution of criminal charges will expire Saturday, deepening the woes of the embattled government.
A key anti-Taliban leader in northwest Pakistan was assassinated and three others wounded in a bomb attack on Friday after they said prayers for a major Muslim festival, officials said.
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — Suspicions by Pakistan's powerful army that the country's civilian leadership is growing too close to the United States are fueling a political crisis that analysts here believe threatens the survival of the government and could divert attention from the battle against Islamic extremists.
Pakistan has paid out the equivalent of nearly 120,000 dollars over the arrest of a lieutenant of the country's Taliban warlord ahead of a major Muslim festival, the military said Thursday.
Nov. 27 (Bloomberg) -- Pakistan is concerned that President Barack Obama’s new Afghanistan strategy may cause Taliban militants to stream across the border and destabilize its southwest, Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani said.
The Pakistani people now believe the war against the Taliban is their war, whereas in the past they considered it to be the United States' war, a former Pakistani general with close ties to his country's military told CNN's Christiane Amanpour on Tuesday.
Assassination is Latest in Series of Attacks against Pro-Government Militias in Afghan Border Area
Islamabad - Some 34 Taliban militants were killed in two separate assaults in Pakistan's restive north-western region bordering Afghanistan, Pakistani security officials said Friday. Nineteen of the Islamist militants were killed in the Khyber tribal...
KHAR, Pakistan (AP) — A key anti-Taliban tribal leader has been assassinated in Pakistan.
Growing military ties between China and Pakistan are a serious concern to India, Defense Minister A.K. Antony said on Friday, in the latest display of a prickly rivalry between New Delhi and its neighbors.
KHAR, Pakistan — A key anti-Taliban tribal leader was assassinated today in a roadside bombing, the latest in a series of attacks against pro-government militias in the Afghan border area of northwestern Pakistan.
ISLAMAABD: Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi would lead the Pakistan delegation to the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM), being held from November 27 to 29 at Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, the Foreign Office said on Thursday.
ISLAMABAD: President Asif Ali Zardari should work for promoting democracy and prosperity in the country, “instead of cleansing it of corruption for Pakistan People’s Party Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari”, according to a statement by the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz on Thursday.
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