Posts Tagged ‘South Waziristan’

PM condemns SW blast

ISLAMABAD – Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani has expressed sorrow and grief over the loss of precious lives including former MNA, Maulana Noor Muhammad in a bomb blast in South Waziristan Monday.
While strongly condemning the cowardly act of terrorism, the Prime Minister said that those elements playing with…

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Ex-MNA among 22 die in Wana suicide hit

PESHAWAR – At least 22 persons including a former MNA Maulana Noor Muhammad were killed and 35 others got injured when a suicide bomber blew himself up at a mosque in Wana, South Waziristan Agency, on Monday.
According to eyewitnesses, MNA Maulana Noor Mohammed was delivering a sermon at the…

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20 killed including former MNA Maulana Noor in suicide attack in Wana

Twenty people have been killed including Maulana Noor Muhammad ex-Member of National Assembly and 19 other sustained injuries as a result of powerful explosion in Wana Bazaar, South Waziristan Monday.
According to Media reports it was a suicide attack on a mosque of Maulana Noor Muhammad. The Mosque is situated…

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At least 4 people killed, 5 injured in another US drone attack in South Waziristan

At least four people were killed and five others injured in a U.S. drone attack launched Sunday in South Waziristan.
At about noon time, a U.S. drone reportedly fired four missiles at a house in the area of Shaktoi in South Waziristan, a tribal area bordering Afghanistan.
The house targeted…

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At least 16 people killed, several injured in US drone strikes in South Waziristan

At least 16 people were killed and many others injured in a Saturday morning US drone strike in South Waziristan, a private TV reported.
U.S. missiles hit a suspected militant hide-out killing 16 insurgents in a Pakistani tribal region along the Afghan border before dawn Saturday, intelligence officials said.
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South Waziristan cleared of militants: Army

South Waziristan has been cleared of militants and there are no more insurgent hideouts in the tribal region, Major-General Nawaz Khan, the operations commander in the region, said.
Khan said after the completion of Rah-i-Nijat, the political administration of the region was very responsibly fulfilling its duties, reported a…

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Drone strikes Qaeda safe house in SW; 10 killed

PESHAWAR – As many as 10 militants were killed and two others got injured when a US drone fired two missiles on their hideout in Wana, South Waziristan Agency, on Tuesday.
An unmanned US aircraft targeted a suspected compound allegedly used by militants with two missiles in Karikot village situated…

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US missiles kill 8 in SWaziristan

US missiles hit a house Tuesday in South Waziristan tribal region along the Afghan border where the army has been battling Taliban fighters, officials said. At least three people were killed. At least two missiles struck the house, which was near Wana, the main town in the South Waziristan tribal…

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Jirga demands end to drone attacks in South Waziristan

A Jirga meeting of Ahmed Zai clan in South Wazriristan, expressing concern on civilian casualties in drone attacks, have demanded stop of the predator strikes in the Agency, report said on Wednesday. The Jirga meeting was held in Wana where schools and other educational institutions remained closed on the occasion.…

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Wazir tribes announce expulsion orders of Taliban of Bait Ulla, Zain Uddin group from South Waziristan

The Taliban belonging to Wazir tribes announces expulsion orders of the Taliban and their commanders belonging to the Bait Ullah group and Zain Uddin group as they have taken refuge in South Wazirastan.
According to pamphlets distributed by Wazir tribes in South Waziristan in wake of ongoing clashes between…

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Drone attack kills 11 in South Waziristan

At least 11 people have been killed in a U.S. drone missile attack in South Waziristan, intelligence officials said on Friday. The missiles struck a house around Friday noon in a village near Mizai Narai, a bordering area with Afghanistan, the officials said. U.S. drone aircraft fired many missiles at…

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Faisal Shahzad’s links traced to SWaziristan: Malik

Interior Minister Rehman Malik Wednesday revealed that Faisal Shahzad, presently by the US for carrying out a failed bid to blow a fireball in Times Square on May 1, had links in South Waziristan. Talking to media men here, Rehman Malik said investigations into Faisal Shahzad case are presently underway.…

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Zero tolerance against target killings: Malik

Federal Minister for Interior Rehman Malik has claimed that the footprints of Karachi target killings were going to the restive South Waziristan Agency and Swat. Chairing a meeting on recent targeted killing incidents in the city, Malik vowed zero tolerance against violation of law and order and said those involved…

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Hakimullah Mehsud alive: UK newspaper

The Taliban leader in Pakistan, Hakimullah Mehsud, survived an American drone strike in January and is alive and well, a senior official with Pakistan’s Inter Services Intelligence agency told the Guardian today.
Mehsud was reported to have died in a CIA drone strike in South Waziristan in January but, although…

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TTP chief Hakimullah is alive: ISI official

LONDON (Agencies) – Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan Chief Hakimullah Mehsud survived an American drone strike in South Waziristan in January and is alive and well, a senior official with Pakistan’s Inter Services Intelligence agency told the Guardian on Wednesday.
The senior intelligence official said he had seen video footage of the missile…

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Indefinite curfew imposed in Tank

An indefinite curfew has been imposed in Tank, South Waziristan today. The security forces are conducting search and clearance operation in the area. Sources said the curfew was imposed in wake of the news that two suicide bombers have entered the city. The public is facing miseries due to the…

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Tribal leaders’ safe return to SW – an uphill task

ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – After clearing some of most dangerous Taliban insurgents from their South Waziristan bastion, the army faces another decisive battle – persuading tribal leaders it’s safe to return.
Pashtun tribal elders have historically held sway in South Waziristan and their return would be a vote of confidence in…

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