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More than 30 militants armed with rockets and machine guns attacked a prominent pro-government tribal elder's house in northwestern Pakistan on Friday, killing three members of his family, a government official said.
As Pakistan delays a long-awaited offensive in North Waziristan, the remote area dubbed the last bastion of indigenous Taliban and al Qaeda, Taliban insurgents are quietly staging a comeback in several districts and territories where the military earlier declared victories.
Al Qaeda is taking a greater role in coordinating the Taliban and other Islamist militant groups operating in Afghanistan's volatile border region with Pakistan, a top U.S. commander said yesterday.
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — A suicide bomber attacked a military convoy near the Afghan border yesterday, killing at least 24 Pakistani soldiers as thousands of troops deployed to thwart a call for an anti-government holy war.
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — A suicide bomber attacked a military convoy near the Afghan border yesterday, killing at least 24 Pakistani soldiers as thousands of troops deployed to thwart a call for an anti-government holy war.
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — Thousands of soldiers rolled across northwestern Pakistan yesterday, a day after President Pervez Musharraf vowed to follow the storming of Islamabad's Red Mosque by eliminating extremism from "every corner" of the country.
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — Thousands of soldiers rolled across northwestern Pakistan yesterday, a day after President Pervez Musharraf vowed to follow the storming of Islamabad's Red Mosque by eliminating extremism from "every corner" of the country.
"Our only aim is to establish Sharia (Islam) law in our land," Maulana Fazlullah said in a radio broadcast Wednesday night that was heard by tribesmen near the Afghan border. "Military action cannot make jihad vanish."
