Posts tagged as: North Waziristan

Pakistani Taliban claim responsibility for Sukkar attack

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Pakistani Taliban have claimed responsibility for the attack on the ISI office in Sukkar which has killed nine people including intelligence officials. A Taliban commander told the media the TTP Mohmand chapter and the Punjabi Taliban jointly carried out the attack Wednesday evening. The unnamed commander rejected the claim by a Taliban faction Jundullah group […]

Pakistani report confirms high civilian death toll in CIA drone strikes

A secret document obtained by the London-based Bureau of Investigative Journalism reveals for the first time the Pakistan government’s internal assessment of dozens of drone strikes, and shows scores of civilian casualties. The United States has consistently claimed only a tiny number of non-combatants have been killed in drone attacks in Pakistan – despite research […]

Pakistan protests against US drone strike

Pakistan on Monday strongly condemns the US drone strike that killed two people in North Waziristan tribal agency late on July 13.  It was third US attack since Sharif has come to power, two suspected militants riding a motorcycle were struck by missiles in the Mir Ali on Saturday night. “These unilateral strikes are a […]

Nisar warns U.S. of direct stand-off over drone attacks

Interior Minister, Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan, said on Thursday Pakistan has warned the United States that continuation of the drone attacks in the country’s tribal regions could lead to a direct stand-off between the two countries.  Talking to reporters in Islamabad the minister said Pakistan has conveyed to the U.S. that this stand-off could have […]

Suicide attack kills 4 soldiers in North Waziristan

  A suicide bomber Thursday attacked a check post of security forces in restive North Waziristan tribal region and killed four soldiers, security sources said.    The attack on a roadside check post also injured three security personnel, they said.   Residents said they also heard firing after the attack.   No group claimed responsibility […]

Pakistan protests against U.S. drone strike

  Pakistan has strongly condemned the U.S. drone strike in North Waziristan tribal region, which local media says has killed 17 people, the Foreign Ministry said on Wednesday.   Reports said that American spy aircraft fired missiles on a house and a vehicle early Wednesday in the Danda Derpa Khel area near Miranshah, the headquarters […]

US drone kills 17 in North Waziristan

An American spy aircraft fired missiles into restive North Waziristan tribal region on Wednesday and killed at least 17 people, security sources said.   The U.S. drones fired four missiles on a house and a vehicle in the Danda Derpa Khel area of Miranshah, the headquarters of North Waziristan which borders Afghanistan.   Two missiles […]

Kerry phones Nawaz Sharif, assures US support to new gov’t

 The US Secretary of State John Kerry has telephoned Pakistani Prime Minister, Nawaz Sharif, and ‘reassured that the US Administration remained steadfast in supporting the new democratic government in Pakistan’, the Foreign Ministry said Monday. Secretary Kerry provided an update on the recent developments and expressed appreciation for Pakistan’s positive role in advancing peace and […]

Pakistan to raise US drone strikes with friendly countries

Pakistan has emphatically conveyed to the United States its concerns on drone attacks and raised the issue of drone attacks at different world forums including the United Nations Human Rights Council, the Foreign Ministry said on Thursday.   “We will continue to raise this issue with the US officials at all the appropriate forums. The […]

Bomb blast kills 3 soldiers in North Waziristan

Three bomb blasts killed at least three soldiers and injured six others in three bomb attacks in tribal regions and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on Sunday, officials said. They said that a remote-controlled bomb exploded near a check post when a convoy of the security forces was passing through the restive North Waziristan tribal region, killing three […]

Pakistan summons top US diplomat over drone strikes

Pakistan on Saturday summoned a top US diplomat and lodged a formal protest over a recent drone strikes which killed nearly seven people. A US spy aircraft fired missiles on a house in North Waziristan tribal region, which was the second US attack in ten says. Last week a US attack killed six people including […]

Nawaz Sharif faces big challenges in his third rule

Prime Minister, Nawaz Sharif, in his maiden speech to the parliament on Thursday, listed some major challenges his new government faces and pledged to find out solution.   Sharif particularly listed terrorism, lawlessness, power shortage, economic recession, rampant corruption, bad image of the country, unemployment and price hike as the daunting challenges.   The govt […]

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