Source: AP
A Pakistani official says a clash between Taliban militants and pro-government tribal elders has left at least five people dead.
Israr Khan is a government representative in Bajur, a region on the Afghan border where troops and tribal militias are battling Taliban guerrillas.
Khan said Taliban gunmen exchanged fire with tribal leaders holed up in a […]

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Source: AP
By : Munir Ahmed
Afghan refugees were flowing over the border from a Pakistani battle zone Tuesday after officials accused them of links with Taliban militants and ordered them out, police said.
Pakistani authorities have told Afghans living in the Bajur tribal region to go back to their homeland and leave an area where troops have […]

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Source: Associated Press
By AMIR SHAH, Associated Press Writer
Hundreds of Afghans gathered in eastern Afghanistan Monday in support of President Hamid Karzai’s threat to send troops after Taliban militants inside Pakistan, officials said.
Ghami Mohammad Yar, spokesman for the governor of Paktika province, which borders Pakistan, said hundreds of tribesmen, elders and clerics had gathered at the […]

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Source: Bloomberg
By Tony Capaccio

Pakistan won’t be capable of rooting out terrorists based along its rugged border with Afghanistan for at least three years, according to the U.S. military.
“Safe havens” in this area for al-Qaeda and Taliban militants “have grown in recent years,” according to a report to the House and Senate defense panels.
“Deficiencies in […]

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Source: Los Angles Times
The move is likely to frustrate the U.S., which wants decisive action against the militants. Meanwhile, a helicopter crash kills three generals.

By Laura King, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer
ISLAMABAD — After weeks of escalating battles with government troops, Taliban militants on Wednesday declared a cease-fire — a move likely to frustrate […]

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Source: LosAngeles Times
By Laura King, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer
Freelancer Nicholas Schmidle wrote about militants’ growing influence. Officials say he left voluntarily.
KARACHI — An American scholar and freelance journalist who recently wrote about the growing strength of Taliban militants in Pakistan has been expelled, a media rights group said Saturday.

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