Suspected US missile strike reported in Pakistan

Oct. 9, 2008

DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan (AP) -- A suspected U.S. missile strike targeted two areas in a Pakistani tribal region near the Afghanistan border on Thursday, killing at least nine people, Pakistani intelligence officials said....

Mullen urges Pakistan to probe Mumbai ties

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, Dec. 3 (UPI) -- U.S. Navy Adm. Mike Mullen pressed Pakistani officials Wednesday to explore all links between the Mumbai attacks and groups based in Pakistan.

Pakistani forces control 2nd Bajaur town

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, Dec. 3 (UPI) -- Pakistani forces report taking control of a second town in the Bajaur tribal region Wednesday, as a military airstrike was carried out in a nearby region.

U.S. drone missile strike kills three

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, Nov. 29 (UPI) -- A missile believed fired from a drone U.S. aircraft has killed three people in Pakistan's tribal areas, an official said Saturday.

Accused Briton terrorist slain in Pakistan

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, Nov. 22 (UPI) -- Fugitive British-Pakistani terrorism suspect Rashid Rauf has been killed in Pakistan by a U.S. missile strike, sources say.

Pakistan to protest latest U.S. strike

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, Nov. 20 (UPI) -- Pakistan's foreign ministry says it summoned the U.S. ambassador to its offices to formally protest a recent missile strike against suspected militants.

Pakistan says 16 militants killed

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, Nov. 17 (UPI) -- Pakistani security forces and a tribal army killed 16 militants in separate clashes in the tribal Bajaur region, witnesses and sources said.

Report: Pakistan, U.S. have deal on drones

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, Nov. 16 (UPI) -- The United States and Pakistan have a tacit agreement allowing the use of missile-firing drones against Pakistani militants, sources say.

Missile attacks kill 11 in Pakistan

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, Nov. 14 (UPI) -- Missiles fired Friday from suspected U.S. drones killed 11 people in Pakistan's insurgency-plagued northwest tribal region, officials said.

14 Taliban killed in Pakistan air raids

BAJAUR, Pakistan, Nov. 10 (UPI) -- Fourteen Pakistani militants were killed when jets bombed targets in the northwestern tribal areas, officials said.

Pakistani reported killed at checkpoint

SWAT VALLEY, Pakistan, Nov. 9 (UPI) -- A Pakistani reporter was killed Sunday by security troops in the Swat Valley tourist region after allegedly refusing to stop at a checkpoint, sources say.

Suspected strike kills 9 in Pakistan

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, Nov. 7 (UPI) -- Nine people died Friday in what Pakistani military officials said they suspected was a U.S. missile strike in northwestern Pakistan near the Afghan border.

Blast kills 11 on Pakistani-Afghan border

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, Nov. 6 (UPI) -- A deadly bomb exploded during a tribal meeting in the Bajaur region along the Pakistani-Afghan border Thursday, a Pakistani official said.

Bomb, fighting take toll in Pakistan

WANA, Pakistan, Nov. 2 (UPI) -- A suicide truck bomber and gun battles in Pakistan Sunday claimed at least 18 lives and left an undetermined number of others wounded, authorities said.

At least 20 killed in U.S. Pakistan raid

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, Nov. 1 (UPI) -- More than 20 people died in U.S. missile strikes in Pakistani villages close to the Afghanistan border Saturday, Pakistani officials said.

U.S. drone attack kills 20 in Pakistan

PESHAWAR, Pakistan, Oct. 27 (UPI) -- A U.S. drone aircraft attack in Pakistan's South Waziristan region left two Taliban commanders and 18 other people dead, an official and a local resident say.