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Tribes 'losing steam' against Taliban

PESHAWAR, Pakistan, July 15 (UPI) -- Tribal militias on the Pakistani border with Afghanistan took on Taliban fighters with modest success, but their ability to endure is in doubt, officials say.

Separate attacks kill 13 in Pakistan

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, June 14 (UPI) -- At least 13 people were killed and 20 more wounded in two attacks Sunday in Pakistan, officials said.

Pakistani mosque bombing kills at least 30

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, June 5 (UPI) -- The suicide bombing of a mosque in the Upper Dir district of Pakistan's Swat Valley Friday killed at least 30 people, a local police official said.

2 killed, 18 hurt in Pakistan explosion

KOHAT, Pakistan, June 1 (UPI) -- Two people were killed and 18 others wounded Monday when an explosion ripped through a bus station in Pakistan's northwest, officials said.

Pakistan reports 16 Taliban deaths

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, May 3 (UPI) -- At least 16 militants were killed in Mohmand as Pakistan's army and the Taliban traded fire throughout the Frontier Province, military sources said Sunday.

22 killed, 15 hurt in Pakistan bombing

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, April 18 (UPI) -- At least 22 people were killed and 15 wounded Saturday when a suicide bomber rammed a truck into a Pakistani military convoy, officials said.

NATO supply depot in Pakistan attacked

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, April 12 (UPI) -- Three guards were wounded Sunday in Pakistan in an attack on a supply depot serving U.S. and NATO-led troops in Afghanistan, police said.

Chief judge demands flogging information

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, April 6 (UPI) -- Pakistan's chief justice says he wants a detailed report from local government officials about the public flogging of a 17-year-old girl.

Jailed Taliban militants freed in Pakistan

PESHAWAR, Pakistan, March 20 (UPI) -- The release of 20 jailed Taliban militants was carried out to improve the ongoing peace process in Pakistan's Swat valley, authorities said Friday.

Five killed in Pakistan drone attack

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, March 16 (UPI) -- Five people were killed in Pakistan's North-West Frontier province by rockets fired from a U.S. drone, sources say.

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Children caught up in the conflict in Pakistan's North West Frontier Province

telegraph.co.uk at 3 Jun 2009 12:47 pm

Vulnerable children caught up in the conflict in north west Pakistan.

Tense city in Taliban's looming shadow

irishtimes.com at 9 May 2009 12:00 am

THREE LIGHTLY armed police officers man a leaky checkpoint at the southern entrance to this dusty city in the embattled North West Frontier province.

Fighting between Pakistan's army and Taliban intensifies

irishtimes.com at 7 May 2009 12:00 am

PAKISTANI HELICOPTER gunships pounded a Taliban-controlled emerald mine and other positions in the Swat valley yesterday, killing dozens of insurgents as fighting intensified across the...

Pakistani civilians flee area of Taliban-army fighting

latimes.com at 6 May 2009 03:00 am

Officials in North-West Frontier Province brace for hundreds of thousands. President Zardari and President Obama are expected to discuss the army's operation against Taliban militants...

Baitullah Mehsud: the 'good Taliban' who became one of Pakistan's most wanted men

telegraph.co.uk at 31 Mar 2009 11:31 am

Baitullah Mehsud is the latest in a long line of rebellious commanders to emerge from Pakistan's Tribal Areas on the North West frontier.

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