Waziristan Haveli

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  How To Spot A Militant In Pakistan: Army Removes Roofs

  House after house flicks by hundreds of feet beneath a military helicopter, many distinguished by one arresting feature: their roofs have been removed by the army to allow an "aerial view" of militants who may take refuge there.

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  Pakistan Militants Strike Checkpoints in Tribal Area, 11 Dead

  At least five soldiers and six Taliban militants have been killed after raids on Pakistan army checkpoints in the restive tribal area of Waziristan, security officials say, as the military presses on with an offensive in the Shawal Valley.

• Military Airstrikes Kill 30 Militants in Northwest Pakistan

  The Pakistani military says its fighter jets have struck militant hideouts in a northwestern tribal region bordering Afghanistan, killing at least 30 insurgents.

• Pakistani Military Says Jets Kill 33 Militants

  Pakistan's army says military jets and helicopters have destroyed nine hideouts of militants in two separate airstrikes killing 33 militants in an ongoing offensive in the North Waziristan tribal region.

• 60 Militants Killed in Pakistan Military Operation in Last Eight Days

  At least 60 militants have been killed while over 100 others have surrendered to security forces during the last eight days of the military operation to flush out terrorists in Pakistan's restive North Waziristan tribal region, the army said today.

• India Should Watch Out for Spillover from North Waziristan Operation: Northern Army Commander to NDTV

  With reports of some terrorists having moved from North Waziristan after operations by Pakistan there, the Chief of the Northern Army Command Lieutenant General DS Hooda says that India needs to remain vigilant about infiltration and the possible fallout of the operations in North Waziristan.

• Taliban Hideouts Revealed as Pakistan Army Seizes Militant Redoubt

  The Pakistani Taliban have abandoned their last key stronghold and booby traps and explosives littering their hideouts now present the main danger to the soldiers who control the territory, military officials say.

• Pakistan Fighting Reverses Flow of Refugees, Stirs Unease in Afghanistan

  Thousands of refugees fleeing an offensive by Pakistan's army have poured across the lawless border into ramshackle camps on rugged hills in Afghanistan, stirring unease that Taliban militants may be hiding among them.

• UN, Aid Agencies Help 470,000 Displaced People in Pakistan

  The UN and other aid agencies are helping 470,000 people who have been displaced from Pakistan's North Waziristan region due to the ongoing military operations, a media report said Wednesday.

• Pakistani Jets Kill 17 in Anti-Militant Offensive

  Tens of thousands of families have fled to the town of Bannu, close to North Waziristan, while hundreds more have moved further afield to the towns of Lakki Marwat, Karak and Dera Ismail Khan since the offensive began in mid-June.

• China Lauds Pakistan's Airstrikes on Militants

  China today said its "all-weather ally" Pakistan has made a positive contribution to counter terrorism by launching air raids on terror camps in North Waziristan in which a number of Islamist militants from Xinjiang have been killed.

• 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.

• Pakistani Taliban pick new No.2 after drone strike: sources

  Pakistani Taliban militants have chosen a new deputy commander to replace their previous second-in-command who was killed in a U.S. drone strike in the North Waziristan region, sources in the militant group said on Thursday.

• How technology helped Pakistan to its 'fairest' elections ever

  It was targeted by the Taliban, women and minorities were vastly under-represented, and videos of irregularities went viral online - yet Pakistan's 2013 election may still have been its fairest ever.

• Pakistan tribal belt wants to defy Taliban threat to vote for change

  Pakistan's tribal belt may have been dubbed the world's most dangerous place by the United States, but enthusiastic tribesmen are defying the Taliban to vote for change at next week's polls.