Pakistan – Airstrikes in northwest Pakistan kill 24 militants (KJCT 8 Grand Junction)
Airstrikes in northwest Pakistan kill 24 militants (KJCT 8 Grand Junction)
ISLAMABAD (AP) – Intelligence officials say Pakistani fighter jets targeted militant hide-outs near the Afghan border, killing 24 insurgents. In another northwestern region, a local official says Pakistan captured 40 militants loyal to the Taliban’s Pakistani leader.
Pakistani aircraft kill 24 militants (EARTHtimes.org)
Islamabad – At least 24 Islamist militants and four tribal policemen were killed in overnight airstrikes in Pakistan’s north-western region near Afghanistan, officials said on Friday. Pakistani jet aircraft and helicopter gunships targeted suspected …
Pakistan weighs consortium options for IPI (UPI)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, July 10 (UPI) — Pakistani officials are considering whether to form a local or international consortium to move forward with plans for the Iran-Pakistan-India gas pipeline.
Six security personnel, 44 militants killed in Pakistan – Summary (EARTHtimes.org)
Islamabad – At least 44 Islamist militants and nine other people, including six security personnel, were killed in overnight airstrikes and ground attacks in Pakistan’s north-western region near Afghanistan, officials said on Friday. Pakistani jet ai…
At least 20 dead in fighting in northwest Pakistan (KTNV Las Vegas)
Associated Press – July 10, 2009 12:53 PM ET KHAR, Pakistan (AP) – New clashes between Pakistani security forces and insurgents have left at least 20 people dead in a region once declared free…
Pakistan: PM says ‘1,700 extremists killed’ by army (Adnkronos)
Pakistan: PM says ‘1,700 extremists killed’ by army (AKI) – Pakistani prime minister Yousaf Raza Gillani said on Thursday at least 1,700 militants have been killed in the government’s military offensive against the Taliban in the country’s volatile northwest. Addressing a media conference in the capital Islamabad, the prime minister said the government had achieved its military targets in …
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