Pakistani forces battle militants, dozens killed
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Pakistani forces have cleared militant strongholds from three areas in the South Waziristan region on the Afghan border and 40 militants and eight soldiers have been killed in the fighting, the military said on Thursday.
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More than 30 people were killed in northwest Pakistan on Sunday in a surge of militant violence which officials said could be aimed at avenging the commando assault on a radical mosque in the capital last week.
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ISLAMABAD, Pakistan -- Islamic militants in Pakistan attacked a fort near the Afghan border Tuesday, one of two clashes with government forces that left seven troops and 37 fighters dead, the army said. In Europe, President Pervez Musharraf said border attacks were "pinpricks" that his government...
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The Pakistani military says it has knocked out several militant bases in the Afghan border region.
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A battle between police and Taliban left 20 suspected militants and two policemen dead in northwestern Afghanistan, while airstrikes and clashes left another 27 militants dead in the south, officials said Sunday.
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ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, Aug. 30 -- In an audacious display of force, Taliban fighters on Thursday ambushed a convoy of military vehicles in a remote tribal area and took more than 100 Pakistani troops hostage, local officials said.
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Pakistani forces conducted mop-up operations on Friday in the South Waziristan tribal region bordering Afghanistan, a day after 50 Islamic militants were killed in an air strike on a training camp.
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Pakistani troops attacked militants in the North Waziristan region on the Afghan border with helicopters and artillery in Wednesday, killing up to 40 of them, a military spokesman said.
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ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, Aug. 30 -- In an audacious display of force, Taliban insurgents on Thursday ambushed a convoy of military vehicles in a remote tribal area and took more than 100 Pakistani troops hostage, local officials said.
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Fighting spread in Pakistan's volatile borderlands on Friday as the military pounded hideouts of Taliban militants who had hijacked ammunition supply trucks, killing up to 30 suspected rebels, the army said.
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Pakistani forces have been battling al Qaeda fighters in an ongoing operation to rout terrorists in a tribal area near the border with Afghanistan, Pakistani intelligence sources said.
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Pakistani security forces killed three suspected Islamist militants in a clash in the North Waziristan region on the Afghan border on Saturday, the military said.
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Dozens of militants were killed in southern and eastern Afghanistan overnight in clashes with U.S.-led foreign troops and Afghan forces, officials said on Saturday
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Hundreds of militants in north-west Pakistan attack a paramilitary fort, killing or kidnapping many troops, officials say.
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Pakistani forces have cleared militant strongholds from three areas in the South Waziristan region on the Afghan border and 40 militants and eight soldiers have been killed in fighting, the military said on Thursday.
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International and Afghan forces say they have killed 40 militants in clashes in southern Afghanistan.
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Pakistani troops Wednesday battled to flush out the last die-hard militants inside Islamabad&#39;s Red Mosque after fighting that left at least 62 people dead, amid fears the toll could rise dramatically.