Articles tagged with: “Waziristan”
Suspected US drone strike kills 8 in Pakistan
MIRANSHAH, Pakistan — A suspected US missile attack targeting Al-Qaeda-linked militants killed eight people in Pakistan's mountains on the Afghan border as CIA chief Leon ...
Why Pakistan Won't Fight the Afghan Taliban
President Barack Obama is about to announce his new strategy for Afghanistan, but the success of whatever option he chooses will depend heavily on Pakistan ...
The fallout of Quetta drones
Jane Mayer of The New Yorker magazine revealed in October edition, that the number of US predator drone strikes on the Pakistan-Afghanistan border by the ...
Suspected U.S. drone kills 4 in Pakistan-officials
PESHAWAR, Pakistan, Nov 19 (Reuters) - A suspected U.S. drone aircraft fired two missiles into a northwestern Pakistani militant stronghold on Wednesday killing four people, ...
Taliban guerrillas bring 'Iraq tactics' to Pakistan
ISLAMABAD — Suicide attacks, car bombings, shootings in the capital and fighting in the mountains -- Taliban guerrillas are dragging Pakistan into a war deadlier ...
Drone Race to a Known Future
For drone freaks (and these days Washington seems full of them), here's the good news: Drones are hot! Not long ago -- 2006 to be ...
Defending the Arsenal
In the tumultuous days leading up to the Pakistan Army's ground offensive in the tribal area of South Waziristan, which began on October 17th, the ...
Yes, That Was Me Visiting the White House
I guess I should come clean and admit it.I've been hangin' out with the Obamas at the White House. Late on Friday, Norm Eisen, special ...
Pakistan drone war takes a toll on militants -- and civilians
The Obama administration has dramatically ratcheted up the American drone warfare program in Pakistan. Since President Obama took office, U.S. drone strikes have killed about ...
Clinton faces Pakistani anger at Predator attacks
ISLAMABAD — U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton came face-to-face Friday with Pakistani anger over U.S. aerial drone attacks in tribal areas along the ...
Car bomb in crowded Pakistan market kills 100
PESHAWAR, Pakistan – Suspected militants exploded a car bomb in a market crowded with women and children Wednesday, killing 100 people and turning shops selling ...
Drone attack in northwestern Pakistan kills 6
By Ishtiaq Mahsud (AP) DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan — A suspected U.S. drone attack killed at least six people and wounded another nine in northwestern ...
Inside the Taliban: 'The more troops they send, the more targets we have'
In the first of a series of exclusive reports in the run-up to next week's Afghan elections, award-winning correspondent Ghaith Abdul-Ahad meets a group of ...
Missile kills relatives of Pakistani Taliban chief
By Munir Ahmad / Associated Press ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — A suspected U.S. missile strike destroyed the home of a close relative of top Pakistani Taliban ...
Armageddon at the Top of the World: Not! ...by Juan Cole
TomDispatchWHAT, what, what, What's the news from Swat? Sad news, Bad news, Comes by the cable led Through the Indian Ocean's bed, Through the Persian ...
Don't Turn the Page on History: Facing the World We Created ...by Tom Engelhardt
TomDispatchWe've just passed through the CIA assassination flap, already fading from the news after less than two weeks of media attention. Broken in several major ...
In Pakistan, Those Who Survive Drone Attacks May Well 'Die Slowly' in Refugee Camps ...by Kathy Kelly
Many refugees living in tent encampments or abandoned buildings may soon start dying from preventable disease. AlternetIn early June, 2009, I was in the Shah ...
Exclusive: Missing U.S. Soldier May Be in Pakistan
Pfc. Bowe Bergdahl Kidnapped by Taliban in AfghanistanBy Matthew Cole / ABCThe U.S. soldier kidnapped by Taliban forces in Afghanistan may have been taken across ...
Marines Seek to Cut Afghan Insurgent Supply Lines
US Marines push deeper into southern Afghan towns, seeking to cut insurgent supply linesBy Jason Straziuso and Chris Brummitt / Associated Press NAWA, Afghanistan — ...
FACTBOX: U.S. drone strikes in Pakistan
(Reuters) - A U.S. drone strike in Pakistan's South Waziristan region killed 10 militants and wounded seven on Friday, Pakistani intelligence agency officials said. The ...
U.S. drone strike kills 10 in Pakistan: officials
By Hafiz Wazir WANA, Pakistan (Reuters) - A U.S. drone aircraft fired missiles on Friday into Pakistan's South Waziristan region, killing 10 militants, officials said, ...
Deadliest US missile strikes in Pakistan
Associated Press Unmanned U.S. drone aircraft have fired missiles at suspected militant targets in Pakistan's tribal region dozens of times in the past two years. ...
'Dozens dead' in US drone strike
BBC At least 43 people have died in missile strikes by a US drone aircraft in a militant stronghold of Pakistan, a Taliban spokesman has ...
US drone' hits Pakistan funeral
Al Jazeera At least 60 people have been killed after missiles were fired from a US "drone" at the funeral of a suspected Taliban commander ...
'Dozens dead' in US drone strike
BBCMore than 50 people died in missile strikes by a US drone aircraft in a Taliban stronghold area of Pakistan, officials there have said. The ...
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