Pak Militants In North Waziristan

• 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.

• US drone strike kills 21 militants in Pakistan

  A US drone targeted a compound in the restive North Waziristan tribal region on Friday, killing 21 suspected militants in the first such attack since Pakistan reopened NATO supply routes to neighbouring Afghanistan.

• Pakistan militants vow holy war for Osama bin Laden

  Masked militants armed with assault rifles handed out copies of the pamphlet from pick-up vehicles in Miranshah, the main town of the tribal district that has become known as Pakistan's premier Al Qaeda and Taliban hub.

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  Five militants killed in US drone attack in Pak

  At least five militants were killed in a US drone attack in Pakistan's restive North Waziristan tribal region, officials said on Saturday.