Thousands of Pakistanis skirted burning military trucks Thursday as they fled clashes between Taliban militants and the army in the northwest, adding a humanitarian emergency to the nation’s daunting challenges.
Refugees overwhelmed camps and hospitals to the south of the fighting, leading Pakistan’s prime minister to make a late-night appeal Thursday for international assistance. The International [...]
Written on May 7, 2009 | Posted in
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WANA Pakistan: Eight people were killed in two U.S. missile strikes at a house in South Waziristan, sources said on Wednesday.
According to initial reports reaching here, American unmanned aircraft fired two missiles at a house situated in Kanigoram area of South Waziristan, killing at least eight people.
While the targeted house and a vehicle were also [...]
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Thousands of people are flooding out of Lower Dir as the Pakistan army takes on Taliban fighters in the district.
Civilians were streaming out of the area due to the army’s “accurate” and “spread out” assault, Sufi Muhammad, a religious leader who has been holding peace talks with the central government, has suspended dialogue with Islamabad as a result of [...]
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DIR: Tehreek-e-Nafaz-e-Shariat-e-Mohammadi(TNSM) has suspend talks with government after start of security forces operation in district Dir.
The spokesman of TNSM Ameer Izzat Maqam said no talks will be held with government until end of operation. Meanwhile provincial government said no operation is underway in Dir and security forces retaliating militancy.
NWFP Information Minister Mian Muhammad Iftikhar said, [...]
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The Pakistani Taliban has pulled back up to 500 of its fighters from Buner, just 100km away from the capital Islamabad, less than 24 hours after they entered the strategic district.
The apparent withdrawal came a day after the Taliban clashed with regional forces, leaving one policemen dead.
“Our leader has ordered that Taliban should immediately be called back from Buner,” [...]
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