U.S. missile strike in Pakistan hit al Qaeda nest
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PESHAWAR, Pakistan  - A suspected U.S. missile strike that killed up to 13 foreign militants in Pakistan's North Waziristan region this week had targeted second or third tier al Qaeda leaders, according to residents in the tribal area.
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WANA, Pakistan -- Pakistani warplanes on Thursday pummeled a suspected al-Qaida training facility near the border with Afghanistan, flattening a mud-brick compound and killing at least 50 fighters, the military said.
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Pakistani troops attack a religious school in South Waziristan thought to house foreign al-Qaeda suspects.
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US air strikes killed a family of six in an attack meant for fighters loyal to a self-declared al Qaeda ally, while one of the world&#39;s largest aid agencies suspended
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Suspected pro-Taliban militants fired rockets on a Pakistani paramilitary base near the Afghan border Thursday causing damage to the building but no casualties, local officials said.
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Human Rights Watch called on Pakistan to allow an independent investigation into a suspected missile strike that killed at least 30 alleged Al-Qaeda militants.
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Pakistan hit back on Sunday at U.S. critics of its fight against terrorism, insisting its army was best suited to hunt for Osama bin Laden and other al Qaeda militants Washington believes enjoy safe haven in Pakistani tribal areas near Afghanistan.
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MIRANSHAH, Pakistan  - A missile attack, possibly launched by U.S. forces in Afghanistan, killed at least 32 pro-Taliban militants on Tuesday in a Pakistani tribal region near the border, Pakistani officials said.
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WANA -- About 1,000 Pakistani soldiers backed by helicopter gunships, mortars, and artillery yesterday pounded a mountainous region near the Afghan border where a former Guantanamo Bay prisoner who masterminded the kidnapping of two Chinese engineers is thought to be hiding. The assault targeted the village of Spinkai Raghzai in South Waziristan, a tribal region where the Pakistani Army has ...
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Al Qaeda has regrouped in Pakistan's remote Afghan border area and begun to focus attacks on the Pakistani government and military, U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates said on Friday.
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Pakistani troops have killed six suspected al-Qaeda militants in a clash in the rugged South Waziristan region bordering Afghanistan.
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JEDDAH, SAUDI ARABIA - The Saudi wing of al-Qaeda has claimed responsibility for an attack on the US Consulate in Jeddah that killed five non-American staff members and left four militants dead.
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PESHAWAR, Pakistan  -- Suicide attackers struck a police headquarters and a military convoy on Sunday in Pakistan's northwest, killing as many as 38 people in an intensifying anti-government campaign in an area long known as a haven for the Taliban and al-Qaida.
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Pakistan successfully test-fired a short-range nuclear-capable, surface-to-surface Haft-II Abdali ballistic missile on Saturday with a range of 200 km (125 miles), the military said.
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Pakistani officials said Friday that they suspected Al-Qaeda had carried out a suicide bombing that killed 20 commandos from an elite unit tasked with tackling Osama bin Laden&#39;s extremist network.
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BOSSASSO, Somalia  - A U.S. Navy warship attacked a suspected al Qaeda target in northern Somalia, CNN reported, and residents said on Saturday missiles had pounded hills where foreign jihadists fled after clashing with locals.
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WANA, Pakistan  - Three al Qaeda-linked militants  were killed and three were wounded on Wednesday in a clash with  Pakistani security forces in a troubled tribal region near the  Afghan border, the military said.