Three killed in U.S. missile attack in Pakistan

Oct. 11, 2008

MIRANSHAH, Pakistan (Reuters) - Suspected U.S. drones fired two missile on Saturday into a Pakistani region regarded as a safe haven for al Qaeda and Taliban militants, killing three people, a Reuters witness and an intelligence official said.

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.

Suicide car attack kills three in Pakistan

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, Nov. 17 (UPI) -- Three Pakistani soldiers were killed Monday when a suicide car bomber rammed a military checkpoint in northwestern Pakistan, officials said.

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.

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.

Militants hijack trucks in Pakistan

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, Nov. 12 (UPI) -- Pakistani militants hijacked a supply column and took 26 captives as the trucks traveled to Afghanistan to supply NATO-led forces, 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.

Pakistan formally protests U.S. drone raid

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, Oct. 29 (UPI) -- Pakistan said it lodged a formal protest Wednesday over a U.S. missile attack in its territory and demanded a halt to any such strikes in the future.

Eight dead in Pakistan missile attack

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, Oct. 24 (UPI) -- Suspected drone missile attacks killed eight people in a theology school in a Taliban-stronghold village in Pakistan's North Waziristan tribal region.

Four die in Pakistani suicide attack

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, Oct. 16 (UPI) -- A suicide bomber in Pakistan rammed his explosives-laden car into a police compound in the northwest region Thursday, killing four people, police said.

Taliban says ready to talk

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, Oct. 16 (UPI) -- A spokesman for the Pakistani Taliban told the BBC the militants operating in the nation's troubled northwest region are willing to talk with the government.

Pakistan military says 27 militants killed

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, Oct. 13 (UPI) -- Pakistani security forces say 27 militants, including 12 would-be suicide bombers, died in an airstrike in the Orakzai tribal area in the northwest region.

Suspected U.S. drone strike kills four

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, Oct. 1 (UPI) -- Pakistani security officials said a suspected U.S. drone missile strike Wednesday in a Taliban-haven tribal area killed at least four people.

Pakistan army claims major border fighting

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, Sept. 27 (UPI) -- The Pakistani army says it will defeat Taliban and al-Qaida militants in the Bajaur tribal region within three months.

Report: Attacks kill several in Pakistan

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, Sept. 8 (UPI) -- Several people died Monday in Pakistan's North Waziristan region in alleged U.S. drone missile attacks, witnesses claimed.

U.S. missile strike targets Afghan border

AL MUST, Afghanistan, Sept. 6 (UPI) -- A U.S. missile strike killed several people in Afghanistan very close to its border with Pakistan, local residents say.