Pakistani Air Strikes In Afghanistan

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  Afghanistan Retaliates Against Pak After Air Strikes Kill 8

  Eight civilians were killed Monday in "reckless" air strikes by Pakistan's military in the border regions of Afghanistan, prompting Afghan forces to retaliate against Pakistani military outposts, Taliban officials said.

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  8 Dead In Pak Strikes In Afghanistan, Taliban Warns Of "Very Bad Consequences"

  Eight people were killed, including three children, on Monday in Pakistani air strikes in border regions of Afghanistan, a Taliban government spokesperson said.

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  Pakistan Air Strikes Kill 22 Militants: Officials

  At least 22 militants were killed today when Pakistani fighter jets bombarded six insurgent hideouts on the country's troubled northwest frontier bordering Afghanistan, security officials said.

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  Pakistani Air Strikes Kill 17 Militants: Officials

  Pakistani air strikes today killed at least 17 militants in the country's restive tribal areas bordering Afghanistan, security officials said, part of a major operation against the Taliban.

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  Pakistani Air Strikes Kill 44 Militants: Military

  Pakistani air strikes on Saturday killed at least 44 militants in the country's lawless tribal areas bordering Afghanistan, the military said, part of a massive operation against the Taliban.

• Pakistani Jets, Artillery Kill 18 in Anti-Militant Offensive

  Pakistani jets and artillery pounded militant hideouts in a lawless tribal district, killing 18 foreign and local insurgents in a massive ongoing offensive against the Taliban, officials said Sunday.

• Pakistan Hits Taliban Targets for Second Day

  Pakistani troops, artillery and helicopter gunships hit targets in the country's tribal areas on Thursday, officials said, in a second day of military action against Taliban insurgents.

• Pakistan launches new strikes near Afghan border; warns militants

  The Pakistani military launched new air strikes targeting militant hideouts in the North Waziristan tribal region on Tuesday, killing at least 30 people, and a senior government official warned of a big offensive unless the Taliban showed they were serious about negotiations.

• Thousands of Pakistanis flee tribal belt fearing more air strikes

  Thousands of villagers have fled their homes in Pakistan's North Waziristan region, fearing a major military operation by armed forces after they said dozens of people had been killed in air strikes targeting Islamist militants earlier this month.

• Pakistan set to reopen NATO supply routes to Afghanistan, demands US apology for air strike

  Pakistan's parliament on Thursday unanimously approved a resolution for resetting the country's troubled relations with the US, calling for an "immediate cessation" of American drone strikes and an apology for the killing of 24 Pakistani soldiers in a NATO air strike.

• NATO air strike: US willing to offer solatia payments to Pak

  In keeping with its practice in Afghanistan, the US is willing to offer solatia payments to the families of Pakistani soldiers killed in a cross-border NATO strike last month as it tries to resolve the crisis generated in its aftermath, a Pentagon spokesman said on Friday.

• NATO troops ordered not to approach Afghan-Pakistan buffer zone

  US-led NATO troops in Afghanistan have been ordered not to approach the buffer zone on the Afghanistan-Pakistan border in order to avoid a recurrence of last week's air strike that killed 24 Pakistani soldiers.

• Pak Army Chief gives troops 'full liberty' to respond to NATO strikes

  Pakistan Army chief General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani yesterday gave his troops "full liberty" to respond to any further cross-border attacks by NATO forces in Afghanistan in the wake of an air strike that killed 24 Pakistani soldiers, official sources have said.

• Two more Pakistan nationals shot dead by NATO forces in Afghanistan

  Two Pakistani nationals from Balochistan were allegedly shot dead by NATO forces in Afghanistan on Thursday, days after ties between Islamabad and Washington plunged to a new low after a cross-border air strike killed 24 Pakistani soldiers.

• Pakistan strike probe report due next month: US

  A US-led investigation into a NATO air strike that killed 24 Pakistani troops near the Afghan border will report its initial findings by December 23, officials said on Tuesday. The chief of US Central Command, which oversees US forces in Afghanistan and the Middle East, appointed Brigadier General Stephen Clark, a one-star air force general, to lea...