Posts tagged as: North Waziristan

US drone kills 7 people in North Waziristan

An American spy aircraft fired missiles into North Waziristan tribal region and killed at least seven persons late Friday, official sources said.   The drone aircraft fired two missiles on a house in Datta Khel area of North Waziristan, bordering Afghanistan, they said.   The house was completely destroyed in the strike, the second in […]

US drone kills 7 people in North Waziristan

An American spy aircraft fired a missiles in Pakistan North Waziristan tribal region early Wednesday and killed seven people, security officials said.   Two missiles were fired at a house in Chashma village of Miranshah, the headquarters of North Waziristan, killing seven people. Four people died at the scene and three people died in hospital […]

Gunmen kill security man accompanying polio team in Bajaur

An anti-polio vaccination team was attacked in Bajaur tribal region on Monday, killing one Levies official, officials said.   Unidentified men opened fire on the team in Bajaur’s Mamond tehsil killing the Levies man deployed for the purpose of security.   The attackers escaped from the site of the incident. No group claimed responsibility.   […]

US drone kills 5 in South Waziristan

An American spy aircraft Wednesday fired missiles into South Waziristan tribal region and killed at least five people, security officials said.   Two missiles were fired on a house in Sararogha area early morning, completely destroying the building.   All those in the compound were killed and injured, officials said.   They said that the […]

U.S. spy aircraft kills 4 in North Waziristan

An American spy aircraft killed at least four people in North Waziristan tribal region early Friday and killed at least four people, official sources said.   The sources said that the US drone fired two missiles on a house in Dattakhel Tehsil of North Waziristan Agency, when the people were asleep.   There was no […]

CPJ calls for probe into murder of Pakistani journalist

The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), an independent watchdog body, has called on Pakistani authorities to launch an immediate investigation into the targeted murder of veteran Pakistani journalist Malik Mumtaz, who was shot dead in Miranshah on Wednesday.   “The death of a veteran journalist such as Malik Mumtaz must not go uninvestigated and unexplained,” […]

Senior tribal journalist shot dead in North Waziristan

Unidentified gunmen shot dead a senior journalist in North Waziristan tribal region on Wednesday, his family and journalists in the region said.   Malik Mumtaz was working for Geo television and Jang group of newspapers in North Waziristan tribal region. He was also filing reports for Pashto-langue Khyber television.   Geo TV reported that Mumtaz […]

Six Taliban bombers shot dead after Bannu police station attack

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Police shot dead a group of six suicide bombers hours after they launched an audacious attack on a a police station in Bannu, a senior police officer said on Thursday.   Meanwhile a bomb blast killed at least three people in Orakzai tribal region.   The group of six launched attack on police station in […]

US drone strikes decrease in Pakistan in 2012: Report

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 […]

US drone strike kills three in North Waziristan

At least three persons were reportedly killed on Friday in a U.S. drone strike in North Waziristan, an area bordering Afghanistan.   According to officials, the unmanned aircraft fired two missiles on a house in Asukhel area of Mir Ali, killing three people on the spot and turning the house into debris.   Drone strikes […]

Taliban challenge: 8 die in militants’ brazen attack on Bannu police station

Three policemen were among eight peole died in an an early Monday attack on a police station in Bannu district in Khayber Pakhtunkhwa, the brazen attack raised concerns about Taliban capability to pose challenge to the security forces. A group of militants, equipped with heavy weapons, launched a pre-dawn attack on the Kukki police station, […]

Drone strike killed three in South Waziristan

An unmanned US drone attacked in the Lawa Kanda area of South Waziristan on Thursday, killing at least three suspected militants.   According to the reports, the drone targeted a vehicle killing two persons instantly and wounding another who later succumbed to his injuries. The vehicle was also completely damaged.   A local resident while […]

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