Pakistani jet fighters and attack helicopters fired on militant hideouts in South Waziristan, killing more than 20 militants, a senior military official told CNN.
The death toll rose to seven on Friday in an apparent drone attack in northern Pakistan's tribal region, an intelligence source said.
Suspected Taliban militants opened fire Thursday on two cars carrying pro-government tribal elders in Pakistan's violence-plagued northwest.
A suspected U.S. drone strike in northwestern Pakistan has killed at least four people, a Pakistani intelligence source said.
At least 19 people were killed after missiles struck three homes in a village in north-west Pakistan, intelligence officials and local residents said Saturday.
At least 12 people were killed after missiles struck three homes in a village in Pakistan, local intelligence sources said.
A suspected U.S. drone attack killed five militants Friday when a missile was fired on a Taliban stronghold into a village in northwest Pakistan, Pakistani government sources told CNN.
Two people were killed when a roadside bomb went off near a police bus carrying prisoners Saturday in northwest Pakistan, an official said.
Militants in a Taliban-held area of Pakistan are believed to have abducted 50 students and staff Monday after a ceremony marking the last day of school, a police official said.
At least 30 people in Pakistan lost their lives Saturday in two separate suicide attacks and a suspected U.S. missile strike, according to local security officials.
Pakistani jet fighters and attack helicopters fired on militant hideouts in South Waziristan, killing more than 20 militants, a senior military official told CNN.
The death toll rose to seven on Friday in an apparent drone attack in northern Pakistan's tribal region, an intelligence source said.
Suspected Taliban militants opened fire Thursday on two cars carrying pro-government tribal elders in Pakistan's violence-plagued northwest.
A suspected U.S. drone strike in northwestern Pakistan has killed at least four people, a Pakistani intelligence source said.
At least 19 people were killed after missiles struck three homes in a village in north-west Pakistan, intelligence officials and local residents said Saturday.
At least 12 people were killed after missiles struck three homes in a village in Pakistan, local intelligence sources said.
A suspected U.S. drone attack killed five militants Friday when a missile was fired on a Taliban stronghold into a village in northwest Pakistan, Pakistani government sources told CNN.
Two people were killed when a roadside bomb went off near a police bus carrying prisoners Saturday in northwest Pakistan, an official said.
Militants in a Taliban-held area of Pakistan are believed to have abducted 50 students and staff Monday after a ceremony marking the last day of school, a police official said.
At least 30 people in Pakistan lost their lives Saturday in two separate suicide attacks and a suspected U.S. missile strike, according to local security officials.
At least 12 people were killed in a suicide bomb attack on a security checkpoint in Pakistan's tribal region, a local military official said.
Taliban militants have shot dead two men in Pakistan's ungoverned tribal region, dumping their bodies in a village Monday with a note saying they were spies for the United States.
A suspected U.S. missile from an unmanned drone killed three people Saturday in Pakistan's tribal region, according to a Pakistani military source and a North Waziristan official.
A missile strike killed seven people Sunday at a compound in Pakistan's northern tribal border region, a Pakistani military source said.
Two missiles fired from an unmanned drone struck a religious school in Pakistan's northwestern tribal region Thursday, killing eight people and wounding six others, military sources told CNN.
A suspected U.S. missile strike killed four people and wounded two others in Pakistan's tumultuous North Waziristan region, Pakistani military sources said Sunday.
A suspected missile strike killed at least 20 people Friday in the Pakistani village of Lund Mohammad Khel, a military source said.
A suicide bomber crashed into a military convoy in northwestern Pakistan on Saturday, killing six people.
A missile strike in northwestern Pakistan has killed three people and wounded 12 others, sources told CNN on Monday.
The White House on Wednesday expressed concern with reports that Pakistan's new government is working on a peace accord with militant leaders in its tribal regions.
Pakistan's new government has made good on its promise to negotiate with militant groups within its borders by releasing a jailed pro-Taliban leader who recruited thousands of fighters to battle U.S. forces in Afghanistan.
A suicide bomber who slipped into a political rally and detonated an explosive killed eight people in Pakistan's North Waziristan tribal area near the Afghan border Monday, Pakistan's state news agency said.
Baitullah Mehsud is accused of killing Benazir Bhutto. But his agenda is more ambitious than that
Pakistani air force planes swooped down on the country's troubled tribal region on the border with Afghanistan Tuesday, launching a blistering airstrike that left as many as 50 militants dead, Pakistan Army sources said.
Two days of heavy fighting between Pakistani troops and Taliban and al Qaeda militants near the rugged border with Afghanistan has left dozens dead on both sides, an army spokesman said Monday.
The approximately 100 Pakistani paramilitary forces who were reported missing Thursday in the region of South Waziristan have been found and are safe, an army spokesman said.
A suicide car bomber killed five Pakistani soldiers and wounded 30 Friday in an attack on a military convoy in troubled North Waziristan region near the Afghan border, a military spokesman said.
A month of fierce fighting near the Afghan border has killed about 250 militants and 60 Pakistani troops, the army said Friday, hours after the deaths of six soldiers in a suicide attack and roadside bombing.
At least 12 people died in attacks in Pakistan Saturday, authorities told CNN.
At least 16 Pakistani soldiers died Wednesday in an attack on a military convoy in northwestern Pakistan, an army spokesman told CNN.
Suicide bombers struck twice in northwestern Pakistan on Sunday killing at least 31 people in two separate attacks as the death toll from a weekend of violence continued to mount.
Pakistan has denied published reports that indicated al Qaeda is active and getting stronger in its tribal North Waziristan region along the country's border with Afghanistan.
Pakistan's tribal areas along the border with Afghanistan have become an accepted haven for al Qaeda leaders such as Osama bin Laden and Ayman al-Zawahiri, a senior U.S. intelligence official told CNN on Wednesday.
An al Qaeda operative wanted in connection with the 1998 U.S. Embassy bombings was killed in April in Pakistan, American officials have confirmed.
Afghan President Hamid Karzai expressed skepticism Sunday that a pact signed between his Pakistani counterpart and tribal elders across the border will reduce the incidents of terrorism in his country.
The men of Bravo Company were assembled at the gun pit of their forward operating base. Dusk was approaching in Afghanistan. So, too, was the minute of silence to mark the fifth anniversary of 9/11.
A battle between insurgents and soldiers with the International Security Assistance Force in the Uruzgan province of central Afghanistan ended with 17 insurgents dead and no ISAF casualties Friday night, the ISAF said.
A car exploded at an army checkpoint near the violence torn border of Pakistan and Afghanistan, killing seven soldiers and seriously wounding five Monday, local government officials told CNN.
The body of a Pakistani journalist was found Friday in a tribal area near the Pakistan-Afghanistan border, a family member and local government official said.
Nine militants and three Pakistan army men were killed Tuesday in two incidents in North Waziristan, a tribal area near the Pakistan-Afghanistan border, a local government official told CNN.
Pakistani helicopter gunships converged Wednesday night on a suspected terrorist compound near the Afghan border, killing "a number" of militants, including some foreigners, according to a military statement read on Pakistani television.
At least 26 people, including some foreigners, were killed late Friday in an assault by the Pakistani army on a tribal region near the Afghan border where it was believed terrorists were gathered, the military said Saturday.
Pakistani army helicopter gunships fired on militants near the border with Afghanistan on Wednesday, killing at least 45 of them, according to Pakistani security forces.
At least seven Pakistani paramilitary soldiers were killed early Tuesday as militants fired rockets on a checkpoint in the Miranshah area of the North Waziristan tribal area bordering Afghanistan, an intelligence official has told CNN.
Pakistani officials have confirmed the recent death of al Qaeda operations chief Abu Hamza Rabia, but denied reports that his death was the result of a U.S. missile strike.
Pakistani officials have confirmed the death of a top al Qaeda official, Abu Hamza Rabia, but witnesses and officials give conflicting stories of how he died.
Pakistani troops battled suspected al Qaeda and Taliban militants for a third straight day in the mountainous region along the Afghan border, known as North Waziristan, a Pakistani intelligence official told CNN Sunday.
Pakistani troops have killed at least 35 suspected al Qaeda militants in fierce fighting near the Afghan border.
U.S. troops have been in Pakistan as recently as Saturday to train Pakistani Special Services Group (SSG) commandos, a U.S. military official said Wednesday.
Two suspected al Qaeda members were killed and 11 were arrested when Pakistani soldiers raided a house near the Afghan border, local officials told CNN.
Two foreign fighters and a Pakistani paramilitary soldier were killed Wednesday after a gun battle in the tribal areas of southern Waziristan, according to Pakistani intelligence officials.
About 130 U.S. troops have crossed from Afghanistan into Pakistan looking for Taliban or al Qaeda fighters, Pakistani intelligence sources and local authorities said Sunday, in what is believed to be the fifth such operation in two weeks.
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