Source: Kansas City
Pakistani troops opened fire Monday on U.S. forces who were trying to enter the country’s lawless tribal area, local officials said, marking a dangerous further deterioration in relations between the allies in the war on terrorism.
Both armies - and the Pentagon - denied that the reported incident had occurred, but local security officials […]

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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: AFP
Pakistani troops and helicopter gunships killed 15 pro-Taliban militants and captured 60 others while clearing a restive northwestern town near the Afghan border, the military said Sunday.
Authorities launched an offensive in the increasingly troubled district of Hangu on Wednesday after Taliban insurgents occupying the area killed 17 paramilitary troops in an ambush.
Pakistan is under […]

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Source: BBS News
Pakistan’s army has said it has cleared most of the restive north-western Swat valley of pro-Taleban militants.
Troops were pursuing several hundred hardcore supporters of cleric Maulana Fazlullah in the region’s mountains, the army’s head of operations said.
He said 290 militants had been killed and 143 arrested in recent weeks.
The fighting in Swat […]

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