KHAR, Pakistan (AFP) - Clashes killed six security personnel in the latest setback for Pakistan's fight against Islamists in the tribal belt, where air raids left more than 20 militants dead, officials said Friday. More »
KOHAT - Two children were killed and two wounded when an unexploded mortar bomb they were playing with went off in the northwestern tribal region of Darra Adam Khel, a relative said. (Compiled by Islamabad bureau) - (Reuters) - Following are security developments in Pakistan at 11 a.m. on Friday. More »
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - The United Nations stands ready to help with the return of people displaced by fighting between Pakistani security forces and militants, despite concerns over whether the conditions are right, a top U.N. official said. More »
- The United Nations has received $223 million in response to a $543 million (334.3 million pounds) - (Reuters) - Pakistan will start bringing people displaced by fighting between security forces and Taliban militants in the northwestern Swat Valley back home from July 13, Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani said on Thursday. More »
Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani went on national television to say the Taliban had been routed in the former tourist spot. More »
KHAR, Pakistan (AFP) - Around two dozen gunmen attacked a checkpoint, killing four policemen, in Pakistan's increasingly violent tribal belt where air strikes killed more than 10 militants, officials said Friday. More »
KHAR, Pakistan (AFP) - Around two dozen gunmen attacked a police checkpoint, killing four policemen in Pakistan's increasingly violent tribal belt on the border with Afghanistan, officials said Friday. More »
ISLAMABAD (AFP) - Pakistani Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani said Thursday that nearly two million people displaced by a massive offensive against the Taliban in the northwest could start returning home next week. More »
ISLAMABAD (AFP) - Pakistan's Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani and India's Manmohan Singh will meet on the margins of a summit in Egypt next week, raising hopes about a resumption of peace talks, officials said Thursday. More »

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