Source: AP

A massive battle with Islamist militants in a remote Pakistani tribal region is proving to be pivotal to the country’s fight against Al-Qaeda and the Taliban, officials say.
The six-week army operation in the remote region of Bajaur on the Afghan border is suspected to have sparked furious extremists into bombing the Marriott Hotel in […]

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Source: Reuters
By Aftab Borka
Fighting between the Pakistani army and Islamist militants as well as hostility towards vaccinating teams has led to a sharp increase in polio cases in Pakistan this year, health workers said on Friday.
Pakistan is one of the few countries where the deadly, crippling disease still exists. Polio, spreads through poor hygiene, and […]

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Source: Boston.com

Pakistan yesterday announced a suspension of military operations against Islamist militants for the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, after a 24-hour assault in which it said nearly 40 militants were killed.
Violence has intensified in Pakistan in recent weeks, with the military battling militants in three parts of the northwest. The militants have responded with […]

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Source: Reuters
 Suspected Islamist militants set off a roadside bomb as a Pakistani military truck was passing on Tuesday, wounding seven people in the third bomb attack in the country in two days.
Pakistan was hit by a wave of bomb attacks last year and early this year, many of them by suicide bombers, but violence fell […]

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Source: AFP
WANA,  — Pakistani military gunship helicopters opened fire on two cars near a contested fort near the Afghan border, killing eight Islamist militants, the army said on Friday.
The incident happened on Thursday near a military outpost at Siplatoi in the troubled tribal region of South Waziristan, in the latest unrest to grip the US-allied […]

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Source: Reuters
VIENNA - The chief of the U.N. nuclear watchdog sees a need to improve nuclear security in Pakistan and wherever there is atomic activity, an aide said on Thursday.
Pakistan rejected on Wednesday published remarks by International Atomic Energy Agency Director Mohamed ElBaradei that its nuclear arsenal could fall into the hands of Islamist militants. […]

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