A US drone launched two missiles at a large house in South Waziristan this morning, killing at least 30 and wounding seven others. A Pakistani intelligence official is quoted as saying more people are believed to be buried under the rubble. At least 50 people were in...
Every time the United States launches a drone attack in Pakistan, the Pakistani government formally complains. Senator Dianne Feinstein doesn't really understand why. In fact, according to the chairwoman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, the drones "are flown out...
Pakistan acknowledged today that the November Mumbai attacks were partly plotted on their soil, and said that they had begun criminal proceedings against eight suspected of involvement. Interior Minister Rehman Malik said the move would assure the international...
Pakistani military helicopters, troops and artillery attacked several militant hideouts in the Khyber Agency today, killing at least 52 militants. The attack also destroyed an ammunition dump and eight vehicles. The strike came hours after an attack on a Khyber...
Its been a month since Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh declared that the Pakistani government "must have" offered some support to the Mumbai attackers... increasing tensions between the two nations and sparking fears of a war. Now the government is taking the...
In spite of heavy military shelling, the Tehreek-e Taliban Pakistan (TTP) very much retains the upper hand in the Swat Valley. And while the national government and the military continue to look for the formula through which its oft-tried seldom successful tactic of...
The Pakistani military continues to shell the Swat Valley in hopes to wresting the region from the control of the rival Tehreek-e Taliban Pakistan (TTP), but as the TTP's control grows, police are increasingly the ones finding themselves on the front lines, and...
Much has been made of the Tehreek-e Taliban Pakistan (TTP) and their increasing control over the Swat Valley. The Pakistani military has been shelling the area, killing scores of civilians and promising to eventually reconquer the region. But the problem of...
The Pakistani military continued its offensive into the restive Swat Valley today, and one official reported that at least 43 civilians were killed in the crossfire between soldiers and the Tehreek-e Taliban Pakistan (TTP) militants which have taken over much of the...
The Pakistani military continued to shell the Swat Valley today, and reported that only seven militants were among the at least 18 people killed. 11 militants and an unknown number of civilians were also wounded the attacks. The military has been escalating its...
