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Suspected US drone strike kills 8 in Pakistan

Suspected US drone strike kills 8 in Pakistan

AFP - Yesterday, 04:31 pm

MIRANSHAH, Pakistan (AFP) - 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 Panetta held talks in Islamabad on Friday. More »

  • Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba

    Reuters - Yesterday, 03:33 pm

    The group has its roots in the Markaz ad-Dawat wal Irshad (MDI) - (Reuters) - The Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba has been accused of plotting attacks in India and in the west, including the three-day assault on Mumbai in November 2008. More »

  • Suspected US strike kills eight, CIA chief in Pak

    Suspected US strike kills eight, CIA chief in Pak

    AFP - Yesterday, 12:42 pm

    MIRANSHAH, Pakistan (AFP) - 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 Panetta held talks in Islamabad Friday. More »

  • U.S. missile strike kills 8 in Pakistan 

    Reuters - Yesterday, 12:02 pm

    PESHAWAR, Pakistan (Reuters) - Eight Islamist militants were killed in a U.S. missile strike in northwest Pakistan on Friday, officials said, after three policemen were killed in a bomb blast. More »

  • Q+A - What is behind U.S. drone attacks in Pakistan?

    Reuters - Yesterday, 10:57 am

    (Reuters) - A missile-firing U.S. drone aircraft killed eight Islamist militants in northwest Pakistan on Friday, Pakistani officials said. More »

  • Pakistan worries over new U.S. Afghan strategy

    Reuters - Yesterday, 08:56 am

    ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - As the United States ponders its Afghan strategy, Pakistan is waiting nervously, worried that a U.S. troops surge would widen the war but also keen to see a robust U.S. commitment that would convince the Taliban to talk. More »

  • Pakistan worries over new U.S. Afghan strategy 

    Reuters - Yesterday, 08:53 am

    ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - As the United States ponders its Afghan strategy, Pakistan is waiting nervously, worried that a U.S. troops surge would widen the war but also keen to see a robust U.S. commitment that would convince the Taliban to talk. More »

  • US drone strike kills eight in Pakistan: officials

    AFP - Yesterday, 08:06 am

    MIRANSHAH, Pakistan (AFP) - A US missile attack killed eight people, including foreign militants on Friday in the second such attack in Pakistan's lawless tribal belt in two days, Pakistani security officials said. More »

  • Eight dead in suspected U.S. missile strike in Pakistan 

    Reuters - Yesterday, 07:26 am

    MIRANSHAH, Pakistan (Reuters) - A suspected U.S. drone aircraft fired two missiles at a northwestern Pakistani militant stronghold on Friday, killing eight people, the second such attack this week, security and Taliban officials said. More »

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