Source: International Herald Tribune
LOE SAM, Pakistan: When Major Ijaz Hussain and nearly 150 soldiers were dispatched to recapture this strategic junction from the Taliban in Pakistan’s tribal belt this August, they had little idea what they were in for.
With scarce ammunition and little water in fierce heat, they fought the Taliban in close combat, but […]

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Source: Press Trust of India
Islamabad, Oct 4 (PTI) Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari today reviewed security situation across the country with army chief Ashfaq Parvez Kayani and both of them agreed to continue the military operation against the Taliban in the restive Bajaur tribal region bordering Afghanistan.
Kayani met Zardari at the presidential palace here and […]

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Source: Seattle Times
PESHAWAR, Pakistan — War has come to Pakistan, not just as terrorist bombings, but as full-scale battles, leaving Pakistanis angry and dismayed as the dead, wounded and displaced turn up on their doorstep.
An estimated 250,000 people have now fled the gunship helicopters, jets, artillery and mortar fire of the Pakistani army, and the […]

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Source: The Vancouver Sun
Clearly there has been a dramatic upheaval when local people think Afghanistan is a safer haven than Pakistan.
That’s just what happened on Monday when United Nations officials reported 20,000 people fleeing across the border into Afghanistan’s Kunar province from Pakistan’s semi-autonomous Bajaur Agency tribal territory.
And within Bajaur, the most northerly of Pakistan’s […]

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Source: The Associated Press
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The United Nations says 20,000 Pakistani refugees have fled to Afghanistan to avoid fighting between militants and Pakistan’s military.
The U.N.’s refugee agency says nearly 4,000 Pakistani families have fled Pakistan’s Bajur tribal agency into Afghanistan’s Kunar province.
Pakistan’s military launched an offensive in Bajur, the most northerly of Pakistan’s […]

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Source: Associated Press
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistan’s security forces pounded militant positions near strategic areas in a tribal region bordering Afghanistan, killing 25 suspected insurgents in a new round of a military offensive that also left three troops dead, officials said.
Security forces on Friday cleared militant compounds near Bajur’s Rashakai and Loi Sam areas, army […]

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Source: Herald Sun
PAKISTANI troops backed by tanks and helicopter gunships killed at least 40 Islamic militants linked to al-Qaeda in a restive tribal area near the Afghan border, a security official said today.
Pakistani forces have for weeks been targeting rebel positions in Bajaur, in a major operation that has seen nearly 700 people killed, mostly […]

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Source: Daily Times
Staff Report
PESHAWAR: Pakistan Day was celebrated issued on Sunday with national fervour and enthusiasm in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) and cantonment areas in the province.
According to an Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR) press release, tribesmen from all walks of life joined the Pakistan Army, Frontier Corps, and the Political Administration (PA) […]

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Source: Daily Times
* Coalition spokesman in Afghanistan confirms ‘precision-guided strike’ on ‘Haqqani network compound’
* Bajaur tribesmen protest killings
MIRANSHAH/KHAR: Pakistan lodged a protest with coalition forces in Afghanistan on Thursday after two Pakistani women and two children were killed by US fire from across the border in North Waziristan, the army said, AFP reported.
“They fired five […]

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Source: VOA News
At least six people have died in an overnight clash between Pakistani security forces and insurgents operating near the border with Afghanistan.
A five-hour battle erupted in the Bajaur tribal area of northwestern Pakistan late Tuesday night, after a security vehicle on patrol was hit by an improvised roadside bomb. Military personnel exchanged fire […]

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