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Suicide bomber kills 3 in Pakistan

A suicide bomber detonated explosives at a police checkpoint in the northwest Pakistani city of Peshawar on Monday, killing at least three people, police said.

Suspected drone attack kills at least 5 in Pakistan

A suspected drone strike on Pakistan's border with Afghanistan killed five to seven people Thursday, intelligence sources said.

Dozens still missing in Taliban kidnapping

Two dozen people believed to have been kidnapped by the Taliban were still missing Wednesday, Pakistani authorities said.

Pakistani troops rescue students from Taliban

The Pakistani army rescued a group of 80 students and school staff Tuesday, a day after Taliban fighters abducted the group, military representatives said.

Suspected U.S. drone attack kills 9 in Pakistan

A suspected U.S. drone attack on a village in Pakistan's tribal region killed nine people and wounded four others Tuesday morning, a Pakistani intelligence source and a regional official said.

Pakistan kills 80 in assault on Taliban

Pakistani armed forces have killed 80 militants since launching an assault on a region recently held by the Taliban, the military announced Sunday.

Pakistan kills more militants in new action

Pakistani security forces say they have killed at least 16 militants overnight in the country's volatile tribal region.

Three dead in suspected U.S. missile attack in Pakistan

A suspected U.S. missile struck a village Wednesday in Pakistan's tribal region, killing three Taliban militants and wounding four others, according to local officials and media reports.

Suspected drone attacks kills 8 in Pakistan

A suspected U.S. missile strike killed eight people in in the violence-plagued tribal region in northwestern Pakistan Wednesday, a local political official said.

Suspected militants destroy bridge in Pakistan

Suspected Taliban militants blew up a bridge early Tuesday in the border region between Pakistan and Afghanistan, suspending NATO supply lines.

Suicide bomber kills 3 in Pakistan

A suicide bomber detonated explosives at a police checkpoint in the northwest Pakistani city of Peshawar on Monday, killing at least three people, police said.

Suspected drone attack kills at least 5 in Pakistan

A suspected drone strike on Pakistan's border with Afghanistan killed five to seven people Thursday, intelligence sources said.

Dozens still missing in Taliban kidnapping

Two dozen people believed to have been kidnapped by the Taliban were still missing Wednesday, Pakistani authorities said.

Pakistani troops rescue students from Taliban

The Pakistani army rescued a group of 80 students and school staff Tuesday, a day after Taliban fighters abducted the group, military representatives said.

Suspected U.S. drone attack kills 9 in Pakistan

A suspected U.S. drone attack on a village in Pakistan's tribal region killed nine people and wounded four others Tuesday morning, a Pakistani intelligence source and a regional official said.

Pakistan kills 80 in assault on Taliban

Pakistani armed forces have killed 80 militants since launching an assault on a region recently held by the Taliban, the military announced Sunday.

Pakistan kills more militants in new action

Pakistani security forces say they have killed at least 16 militants overnight in the country's volatile tribal region.

Three dead in suspected U.S. missile attack in Pakistan

A suspected U.S. missile struck a village Wednesday in Pakistan's tribal region, killing three Taliban militants and wounding four others, according to local officials and media reports.

Suspected drone attacks kills 8 in Pakistan

A suspected U.S. missile strike killed eight people in in the violence-plagued tribal region in northwestern Pakistan Wednesday, a local political official said.

Suspected militants destroy bridge in Pakistan

Suspected Taliban militants blew up a bridge early Tuesday in the border region between Pakistan and Afghanistan, suspending NATO supply lines.

Pakistan diplomat freed after being kidnapped

Pakistan's ambassador to Afghanistan Tariq Azizudin has been freed three months after he was abducted in the Pakistan's tribal region while traveling to the Afghan capital of Kabul, Pakistan's Foreign Ministry said.

Suicide bombers kill 5 in Pakistan

Twin suicide bombers set off explosives at a naval college in Pakistan Tuesday, killing at least five other people and wounding at least 16, one critically, the government said.

45 killed in Pakistan funeral blast

At least 45 people died and 82 were wounded in a suicide attack on the funeral Friday of a district superintendent of police -- killed earlier in the day in a separate attack -- in northwest Pakistan's Swat province, according to Pakistani police.

30 killed in Pakistan funeral blast

An explosion at the funeral Friday of a district police officer killed earlier in the day in northwest Pakistan killed 30 people and injured between 50 and 55, province police said.

Intelligence chief: Taliban making gains in Afghanistan

A resurgent Taliban is back in charge over parts of Afghanistan, the chief U.S. intelligence official said Wednesday in an assessment that differed from the one made last month by Defense Secretary Robert Gates.

Car bomb kills 40 ahead of Pakistan vote

A car bomb killed 40 people and wounded 90 Saturday in northern Pakistan when it exploded in front of an election office of the opposition Pakistan People's Party, the Pakistani Interior Ministry said.

Search under way for Pakistan envoy

Pakistani authorities have launched a search operation in the country's tribal region for Pakistan's ambassador to Afghanistan, interior ministry spokesman said Tuesday.

Musharraf tells U.S.: Stay out of Pakistan

Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf has made it clear that a U.S. military mission to capture Osama bin Laden or other top al Qaeda leaders on Pakistani soil would be unwelcome and "against the sovereignty of Pakistan."

Pakistani troops search siege area

Pakistani troops are searching house-to-house in a cordoned off section of the country's tribal areas in an effort to find suspected al Qaeda fighters, a Pakistan security official said.

Pakistan finds tunnels in siege area

The Pakistani military's quest to nab a "high-value target" has suffered a setback with the discovery of a series of tunnels that militants could have used to escape thousands of troops who've laid siege to the area.

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