Reports from the Afghan media revealed that a senior leader of the notorious Haqqani network was killed in a United States drone strike in Afghanistan’s Paktika province on Thursday. According to reports, killed in the drone strike was Sirajuddin Khademi, a logistics commander of the Haqqani network and member of the Quetta Shura in the […]
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According to various sources, the son of Haqqani Network’s leader, Jalaluddin Haqqani was killed in a shooting incident in the Bhara Kahu area of Islamabad on Sunday night. Nasiruddin Haqqani was around 30 years old and was in charge of the network’s financing, which meant he would travel a lot to the Middle East for […]
Nov 11 2013 | Posted in
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An American unmanned aircraft fired missiles into North Waziristan tribal region on Sunday and killed at least seven people, security officials said. U.S. drones fired four missiles on two houses in Shawal area of North Waziristan, bordering Afghanistan. There was no immediate information about identity of those killed. Residents said that the houses were destroyed […]
Sep 22 2013 | Posted in
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A senior most commander of the Taliban-linked Haqqani Network, Mullah Sangeen Zadran, was killed in a U.S. spy aircraft’s strike in North Waziristan tribal region early Friday, militants and security sources said. Zadran was killed along with his guards when a U.S. drone fired missiles on a house at Ghulam Khan area, close to the […]
American spy aircraft rained down missiles into North Waziristan tribal early Tuesday and killed at least eight people, residents said. The CIA-controlled drones fired missiles in Mir Ali and Essukhel area of North Waziristan in two separate attacks when the people were asleep, they said. The unmanned aircraft first fired eight missiles at […]
Figures compiled by a Washington-based think tank pointed out a decrease in the number of covert U.S. drone attacks in Pakistan for the second year in a row. Based on its compilation of reports in international media, the New America Foundation said that 46 strikes were carried out in Pakistan in 2012, compared to […]
Dec 28 2012 | Posted in
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The US Ambassador to Pakistan Richard Olson has said the principles the Afghan government had set up for the reconciliation policy can be applied to all militant groups including the Haqqani network. In an interview to BBC Urdu, the US envoy said talks could be held with any individual acting against the state willing […]
Dec 13 2012 | Posted in
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The United Nations (UN) Security Council has imposed sanctions against the Pakistan-based Haqqani Network which is accused of carrying out a number of deadly attacks in the region, particularly in Afghanistan. The UN committee that oversees sanctions against the Taliban imposed global sanctions on the fierce militant group considered a major threat to the […]
Nov 6 2012 | Posted in
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Criticizing the republican candidate, Chairman of the US Senate’s Foreign Relations Committee Senator John Kerry has said that Mitt Romney has no clear policy for dealing with Pakistan. Responding to Republication presidential candidate Mitt Romney’s remarks on Pakistan and other foreign policy issues in the third and last direct debate in Florida with President Obama, […]
Oct 26 2012 | Posted in
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Federal Interior Minister Rehman Malik on Friday termed North Waziristan a hub of terrorists, saying that the government is seriously considering a military operation in the tribal region. The minister while speaking to the media at Karachi airport referred the Taliban as oppressors, adding that the entire nation was united against them. Malik further said that […]
At least three persons have been killed in a US drone strike in North Waziristan near the Afghan border. According to the media reports, the spy attack targeted a vehicle in the Khaider Khel area of Mir Ali district, the major town of North Waziristan. A security official while speaking to the media said that […]
Brushing aside the continued demand of Islamabad, a US drone attack Saturday targeted a militant compound, killing at least five people in Degan, the area of North Waziristan bordering with Afghanistan. According to the media reports, three people were also reported to have been injured in the attack. It is vital to mention here that […]