Pakistan deals big blow to militants
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Al-Qaeda man linked to plots against Musharraf and a US newsman&#39;s death shot dead. Another killed in Iraq. ISLAMABAD - Two key Al-Qaeda members were killed by security forces over the weekend, inflicting a heavy blow on the terrorist network.
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Pakistan said that it had dealt Al-Qaeda network a crushing blow after killing senior Al Qaeda operative, Amjad Farooqi, who is accused of hiding the chief plotter of Sept.
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Pakistan's security services may be losing control over home-grown militants they once embraced as allies, intelligence sources say.
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ISLAMABAD, Pakistan -- Pakistan claimed Monday it had dealt Al-Qaeda a crushing blow after killing a top militant said to have masterminded attempts on President Pervez Musharraf&#39;s life and to have arranged the beheading of US reporter Daniel Pearl.
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A clampdown by Pakistan along with a new offensive by Indian forces have cut nearly in half the number of separatist militants operating in violence-torn Kashmir, Indian military and intelligence officials said Monday.
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Pro-Taleban militants in Pakistan's Waziristan region announce an end to their truce with the government.
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PESHAWAR, Pakistan -- The Pakistan Army said yesterday it will withdraw hundreds of troops from a tense tribal region near Afghanistan where Osama bin Laden and his top deputy were believed to be hiding.
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The assassination of opposition leader Benazir Bhutto deals a stunning blow to liberal political forces trying to combat rising Islamic extremism in Pakistan.
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Pakistan's government is equipping and sending militants into Afghanistan, a state-run Afghan paper said on Wednesday, the harshest criticism yet against Islamabad in the face of the bloodiest violence since the Taliban's fall.
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PAKISTANI troops backed by artillery and aircraft attacked two suspected terrorist hideouts near the rugged Afghan border yesterday, killing and wounding a number of militants, Pakistan army and security officials said.
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Pakistan&#39;s military says it has killed some 150 foreign fighters during its 11-month battle against militants in the country&#39;s tribal belt.
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WANA, Pakistan  - Up to ten people were killed in  fierce fighting between Pakistani security forces and al  Qaeda-linked fighters Sunday, taking the death toll to over 70  in one of the deadliest actions against the militants.
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Pakistani intelligence have busted a gang of Islamic militants supplying suicide bombers and explosive devices to Taliban fighters in neighbouring Afghanistan, police said Sunday.
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The Pakistan government blamed Islamist militants for a grenade and suicide bomb attack early on Friday that killed 133 people as opposition leader Benazir Bhutto drove through masses of supporters in Karachi.
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ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, July 15 -- A controversial peace deal between the Pakistani government and local tribal leaders in an area where al-Qaeda is known to be regrouping appeared to collapse Sunday, as tensions escalated and a fresh wave of bombings killed at least 44 people.
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A truce between the government and local tribal leaders in Pakistanâs volatile northwest seems to have fatally come undone.
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WASHINGTON -- Pakistan's military has been so effective in pressuring Al Qaeda leaders hiding in the tribal region of western Pakistan that Osama bin Laden and his top deputies no longer are able to direct terrorist operations, a senior American commander said yesterday.