Pakistan – Pakistan appeals for unity against Taliban (Channel NewsAsia)

Pakistan appeals for unity against Taliban (Channel NewsAsia)
PESHAWAR, Pakistan: Pakistan’s leader has called on the nation to unite behind the armed forces as they pressed a new offensive against Taliban militants on Thursday north of the capital Islamabad.

Pakistani Military Kills 50 Militants (WTVO – WQRF Rockford)
(Buner, Pakistan) — Dozens of militants in Pakistan are dead after the Pakistani military stormed a contested town near the capital city of Islamabad.

Pakistani troops take town, kill over 50 Taliban (The Daily Star Lebanon)
Pakistani troops took the main town in a key northwestern valley on Wednesday after being dropped by helicopters behind Taliban lines on the second day of an offensive that has killed 50 Taliban insurgents, a military spokesman said. The Taliban’s advance into a region just 100 kilometers northwest of Islamabad earlier this month had sent shivers through Pakistan.

President ‘gravely concerned’ about Pakistani stability; calls Pakistan’s gov’t ‘very fragile’ (Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune)
WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama says he is confident Pakistan’s nuclear arsenal will stay out of militants’ hands. But he said he is “gravely concerned” about that nation’s stability.

Pakistan Army Pounds Taliban Positions (Nasdaq)
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AFP)–Pakistani artillery Thursday pounded Taliban positions in the northwest as President Asif Ali Zardari called on the nation to unite behind the offensive against Islamic extremists.

Pakistan regains town, but Taliban seize police officers (San Jose Mercury News)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan Pakistani commandos dropped from helicopters Wednesday into an area behind Taliban lines some 80 miles from Islamabad, the capital, and regained control of a key town, the army said.

Pakistan wrests town from militants’ control (Pioneer Press)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan Pakistani commandos dropped from helicopters Wednesday into areas behind Taliban lines some 80 miles from the capital of Islamabad to regain control of a key town, the army said. But authorities faced a fresh challenge after militants seized a police station, holding dozens of officers hostage.

Pakistan wrests control of town from Taliban (Los Angeles Times)
But militants have taken over a police station and dozens of officers are hostage. The military actions are an effort to push the Taliban back into its base in the Swat Valley. Reporting from Islamabad, Pakistan, and Lahore, Pakistan — Pakistani commandos dropped from helicopters Wednesday into an area behind Taliban lines about 80 miles from Islamabad, the capital, and regained control of a …

Obama says Pakistan internal threat grave (Reuters) (Yahoo!7 World News)
WASHINGTON/ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – President Barack Obama said Pakistan’s army was beginning to realize that homegrown militants and not India posed the biggest threat to the country’s stability, after Pakistani troops retook a key town from Taliban gunmen.

Obama says Pakistan internal threat grave (Reuters via Yahoo!Xtra News)
WASHINGTON/ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – U.S. President Barack Obama said Pakistan’s army was beginning to realise that homegrown militants and not India posed the biggest threat to the country’s stability, after Pakistani troops retook a key town from Taliban gunmen.

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