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Báo Tuổi Trẻ English 5 month(s) ago
This Christmas, pastor Nazir Alam will stoke up a fire, lay a fresh cloth on the altar and welcome parishioners as they arrive at his church in Waziristan, a Pakistani tribal area known as an al-Qaeda haven.
Keywords: churchChristiansSouth WaziristanMuslimsThe ChurchThe ArmyHomes
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SaiGon GP English 21 month(s) ago
MIRANSHAH, Pakistan, Sept 18, 2011 (AFP) - An unmanned United States drone aircraft crashed in Pakistan's lawless northwestern tribal district on Sunday after suffering a technical fault, local security officials said.
Keywords: droneSouth WaziristanAl QaedaMilitantsAttacksThe Afghan
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SaiGon GP English 25 month(s) ago
Eight soldiers and at least 10 Taliban were killed after the militants attacked a Pakistani security checkpost in the lawless tribal belt before dawn Thursday, local security officials said.
Keywords: South WaziristanFiringThe AfghanMilitantsThe Post
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SaiGon GP English 34 month(s) ago
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PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AFP) – A US drone strike has killed eight militants, including German nationals, in Pakistan's lawless tribal belt near the Afghan border, local security officials have said.
Keywords: droneMilitantsAttacksAl QaedafoxSouth WaziristanGermans
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VietnamNet English 36 month(s) ago
Death toll rose to 55 in the current wave of violence sparked by the murder of a provincial parliamentarian in the southern Pakistani port city of Karachi as police claimed to arrest 68 suspected perpetrators, Pakistani Interior Minister said on Tuesday night.
Keywords: murderInterior Minister Rehman MalikSouth WaziristandestabilizeA MemberattendRelatives
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SaiGon GP English 42 month(s) ago
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AFP) – At least 30 militants were killed in an air strike by the Pakistani military on their hideout in a restive tribal area bordering Afghanistan on Saturday, the military said.
Keywords: The MilitaryMilitantsflushSouth WaziristanThe Pakistani
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Báo Dân Trí English 43 month(s) ago
Pakistan is investigating reports that the leader of the Taliban in the country died from wounds sustained in mid-January in an airstrike carried out by a U.S. drone aircraft, Pakistani officials said Sunday.
Keywords: MehsudHakimullah MehsudRumorsdronePakistan TalibanSouth WaziristanThe Taliban
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SaiGon GP English 43 month(s) ago
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US Defense Secretary Robert Gates has struck a conciliatory tone on a visit to Pakistan, praising Islamabad's campaign against Taliban militants in the midst of tensions between the uneasy allies.
Keywords: Al QaedaMilitantsSouth WaziristanvisitTensionsBattlesCertainly
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VietnamNet English 43 month(s) ago
However, the spokesman of the banned outfit Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) Azam Tariq claimed its chief alive and well, the reports said.
Keywords: dronePakistani TalibanSouth WaziristanAzam TariqTehreekTaliban PakistanThe U S
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VOV News English 44 month(s) ago
At least 88 people have been killed by a suicide bomb attack at a volleyball court in the troubled north-west of Pakistan, local police say.
Police chief Ayub Khan said the bomber drove towards a field where people were watching a match, before detonating a load of high-intensity explosives.
The attack happened near Lakki Marwat, close to North and South Waziristan.
The Pakistani army has been conducting a campaign against the Taliban in the tribal areas since October....
Keywords: attackThe PakistaniSouth WaziristanloadpeopleScoreshave
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SaiGon GP English 44 month(s) ago
The death toll from a devastating suicide car bombing in northwest Pakistan has risen to 93, marking a bloody start to 2010 for the insurgency-hit nation, police said on Saturday.
Keywords: South WaziristanattackbloodyThe TalibantollThe DeathOn Saturday
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Báo Tuổi Trẻ English 45 month(s) ago
A suicide car bomber attacked an office used by Pakistan's main intelligence agency in the northwestern city of Peshawar on Friday, killing 10 people and wounding 60, officials said.
Keywords: MilitantsSouth WaziristanattackAttacksThe AfghanThe Army
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SaiGon GP English 46 month(s) ago
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PESHAWAR, Pakistan, Nov 13, 2009 (AFP) - A powerful suicide car bomb ripped through the Peshawar headquarters of Pakistan's top spy agency Friday, killing at least 10 people and destroying part of the highly-fortified building.
Keywords: attackAttacksSouth WaziristanBombingsTehreekspy
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Báo Tuổi Trẻ English 46 month(s) ago
Pakistan's decision to hunt down Taliban militants has public backing but rising bloodshed is stoking doubt the military option will be worth the cost outside the battlefield.
Keywords: South WaziristanTalksMilitantsresolvepayThe Militaryhave
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SaiGon GP English 46 month(s) ago
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A suicide car bomber struck near a busy livestock market in Pakistan's Peshawar city on Sunday, killing 12 people including a former Taliban sympathiser turned anti-militant mayor, police said.
Keywords: AttacksSouth WaziristanattackThe IslamistThe TalibanInsurgents