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Pakistan says towns cleared in Taliban offensive
Sararogha, Pakistan: Pakistan's military said Tuesday that its latest offensive against the Taliban had captured most of the towns and population centres once under militant control in South Waziristan.
Pakistan dispatched 30,000 troops into battle on October 17, vowing to crush the Tehreek-e-Taliban...
November 18th, 2009 | War & Conflicts News | Read More
Bombs kill 11 in Pakistan, intel agency targeted
PESHAWAR, Pakistan: Suicide car bombs tore through security offices in Pakistan on Friday, killing at least 11 people and heavily damaging the Peshawar headquarters of the country's top intelligence agency.
The deadly assaults on Pakistan's police and intelligence agents come with 30,000 troops pressing...
November 13th, 2009 | War & Conflicts News | Read More
Street battles as Pakistan troops advance on Taliban
Islamabad: Pakistani troops were Wednesday locked in deadly street battles with Taliban fighters, pushing a ground offensive deeper into militant-held territory, the military said.
A senior military official told AFP the army had "taken" the strategic town of Sararogha in the third week of fighting,...
November 5th, 2009 | Army News, War & Conflicts News | Read More
Six UN staff killed in Kabul attack: UN spokesman
KABUL: Six foreign UN staff were killed and another nine wounded, including some seriously, in an armed attack on a central Kabul guesthouse on Wednesday, a UN spokesman said.
"At this stage we have six UN staff killed in this incident," said Adrian Edwards, confirming that all were international staff.
"We...
October 28th, 2009 | War & Conflicts News | Read More
Pakistan suicide attack kills six near air base
ISLAMABAD: A suicide bomber blew himself up near a Pakistan Air Force base Friday, killing six people and dealing another blow to a beleaguered military pressing an offensive against the Taliban.
The blast ripped through a busy main road during the morning rush hour in the town of Kamra, about 80 kilometres...
October 23rd, 2009 | War & Conflicts News | Read More
Pakistan targets Taliban leaders
DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan: Pakistan vowed on Monday to target Taliban leaders and deal a killer blow to the Islamists as it pressed a major offensive Western military chiefs said was key to regional stability.
The army said 78 militants had been killed in the operation which presents the military with...
October 20th, 2009 | War & Conflicts News | Read More
Indian Maoists vow ‘tornado’ uprising: report
New Delhi: The leader of India's Maoist rebels has vowed to unleash a "tornado" of violence if the government goes ahead with a planned large-scale offensive against his insurgent forces.
In an interview published in the weekly magazine Open, Mupalla Laxman Rao, better known as Ganapathi, said any offensive...
October 20th, 2009 | War & Conflicts News | Read More
Georgia War: Finding The Facts, Losing The Message
By Charli Carpenter
On 30 September, the European Union released its report on last year's August war in the Caucasus. The aim was to establish what happened, since as stated in the preamble, "there can be no peace in the South Caucasus as long as a common understanding of the facts is not achieved."
Since...
October 13th, 2009 | War & Conflicts News | Read More
New Pakistani Taliban chief may be dead: US official
Washington: Newly anointed Pakistani Taliban chief Hakimullah Mehsud may have been killed recently during clashes with a rival faction, a senior US counterterrorism official said Saturday.
"There's reason to believe that Hakimullah may have died recently -- perhaps as the result of factional in-fighting...
October 6th, 2009 | War & Conflicts News | Read More
Pakistan minister warns against US missile strikes
Quetta, Pakistan: A Pakistani minister has warned the United States against launching missile strikes against the Taliban in his southwestern province, as a furore brewed over militant hideouts here.
"America will never make the mistake of drone strikes in Baluchistan," said Aslam Raisani, chief minister...
October 5th, 2009 | War & Conflicts News | Read More
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UAE Selects Pilatus PC-21 Training System
November 18, 2009 05:11
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UK’s largest fully-autonomous Unmanned Aircraft completes flight trials
November 18, 2009 05:11
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Russian missile cruiser leaves Singapore
November 18, 2009 05:11
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Pakistan says towns cleared in Taliban offensive
November 18, 2009 05:11
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US Afghan supply flights over Russia still not on: US
November 18, 2009 05:11
