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Six security personnel killed in Pakistan: officials

Six security personnel killed in Pakistan: officials

AFP - 6 hours 59 mins ago

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 »

  • Security developments in Pakistan, July 10

    Reuters - 10 hours 35 mins ago

    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 »

  • An internally displaced woman is photographed while taking refuge at a school in Mardan district, nearly 150 km (93 miles) by road northwest of Pakistan's capital Islamabad, July 8, 2009. About 2 million people have fled from their homes because of the fighting, most since late April from the Swat valley and neighbouring districts.

    U.N. says supports return of Pakistan's displaced 

    Reuters - 11 hours 45 mins ago

    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 crisis over Pakistanis displaced by fighting 

    Reuters - Yesterday, 02:17 pm

    - 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 »

  • Pakistan Routs 'Cancer' Of Taliban Fighters

    SkyNews - Today, 09:09 am

    Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani went on national television to say the Taliban had been routed in the former tourist spot. More »

  • Deadly ambush, air strikes in tribal Pakistan

    AFP - Today, 07:35 am

    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 »

  • Militants kill tribal police in Pakistan: officials

    AFP - Today, 07:11 am

    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 »

  • Pakistan says NW refugees can go home next week

    Pakistan says NW refugees can go home next week

    AFP - Yesterday, 11:36 am

    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 »

  • Indian, Pakistani PMs to meet in Egypt: officials

    AFP - Yesterday, 12:37 pm

    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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