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• Fresh Airstrikes in Pakistan Kill Scores of Militants

  Pakistani Air Force jets today pounded the restive North Waziristan tribal region near the Afghanistan border, killing scores of militants, mostly Uzbeks, as part of the massive military offensive against the Taliban. The early morning attack was launched in Miranshah and Boya village after militants hiding in the areas continued their uninterrupte...

• Shoot-at-Sight Orders in Pak Tribal Region, as Military Wages Assault Against Militants

  Thousands of Pakistani troops launched a long-awaited ground offensive on Sunday to eliminate Taliban and Al-Qaeda militants from the troubled North Waziristan tribal region a week after a brazen insurgent attack on Karachi's airport.

• Foreign Fighters Flee Pakistani Tribal Zone

  Some of the world's most feared Islamist fighters are quietly slipping away from a Pakistani tribal region ahead of a long-rumoured military operation, raising questions about the effectiveness of such intervention.

• First US Drone Strike in Pakistan This Year Kills Six: Officials

  The first US drone strike in Pakistan this year on Wednesday killed at least six militants in a northwest tribal district where pressure was building on Islamabad to react after a brazen attack on Karachi airport.

• Seven Pakistani Militants Die in Infighting: Officials

  Fresh clashes between the Pakistani Taliban and a breakaway faction killed at least seven militants in the country's restive northwest on Friday, officials said.

• Pakistan Pounds Taliban Hideouts for Third Day

  Four suspected militants were killed on Friday as Pakistan's armed forces hit insurgent targets in a third day of action in a restive tribal area close to the Afghan border.

• Pakistan Pounds Taliban Hideouts for Third Day

  Four suspected militants were killed Friday as Pakistan's armed forces hit Taliban targets in a third day of action in a restive tribal area close to the Afghan border.

• Afghan Taliban broker ceasefire between rival Pakistan factions

  The Afghan Taliban said on Friday they have brokered a ceasefire between two rival factions of the Pakistani Taliban, halting a fresh wave of infighting that has killed more than 60 people.

• Pakistan air strikes death toll rises to 30: officials

  Pakistani fighter jets bombarded Taliban hideouts in the troubled northwest on Tuesday, killing at least 30 in the fourth airstrikes since peace talks stalled, in what analysts say is a surgical operation to reassert the military's dominance.

• At least 15 killed as Pakistan bombs Taliban hideouts

  Pakistani jets early on Thursday bombed Taliban hideouts in a northwestern tribal district, killing at least 15 people, security officials said.

• Thousands flee Pakistan tribal area fearing military action

  Thousands of people have fled their homes in Pakistan's northwestern tribal district for fear a military offensive against Taliban insurgents is imminent, residents and officials said on Sunday.

• Bomb kills two soldiers in northwest Pakistan: officials

  At least two soldiers were killed and seven wounded when a military convoy struck a roadside bomb in Pakistan's troubled northwest on Thursday, security officials said.

• US drone strike kills two in North Western Pakistan

  A US drone strike targeting a militant compound killed at least two suspected insurgents in a restive Pakistani tribal region near the Afghan border on Friday.

• No more peace talks, 'Mullah Radio' tells Pakistan

  The Pakistani Taliban rejected the idea of peace talks with the government after electing hardline commander Mullah Fazlullah, whose men shot schoolgirl Malala Yousafzai last year, as their new leader on Thursday.

• Man who ordered the hit on Malala Yousafzai chosen as new Pakistan Taliban leader

  The Pakistani Taliban chose the man who planned the attack on teenage activist Malala Yousafzai as the group's new leader Thursday, less than a week after the U.S. killed its former chief in a drone strike, a militant commander and intelligence official said.