Pakistani Forces

Source: www.msnbc.msn.com --- 25 days ago
U.S. special Forces have begun teaching a Pakistani paramilitary unit how to fight the Taliban and al-Qaida, hoping to strengthen a key front-line force as violence surges on both sides of the border with Afghanistan. ...

Source: www.voanews.com --- 32 days ago
Military says it has killed about 60 pro-Taliban militants in heavy fighting ...

Source: www.iht.com --- 25 days ago
U.S. special Forces have begun teaching a Pakistani paramilitary unit how to fight the Taliban and al-Qaida, hoping to strengthen a key front-line force as violence surges on both sides of the border with Afghanistan. ...

Source: edition.cnn.com --- 24 days ago
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Source: www.foxnews.com --- 24 days ago
U.S. special Forces have begun teaching a Pakistani paramilitary unit how to fight the Taliban and Al Qaeda, hoping to strengthen a key front-line force as violence surges on both sides of the border with Afghanistan. ...

Source: onthescene.blogs.foxnews.com --- 4 days ago
Bajaur, Pakistan – I spent the last few days with the Bajaur Scouts on the frontlines of Pakistan’s major anti-militant operation in the tribal region the Scouts call home. But it’s not just the Scouts in the fight, all tolled there are about 4,000 – 5,000 Pakistani security Forces pushing their way west toward [...] ...

Source: www.ctv.ca --- 23 days ago
Troops fought Taliban militants in separate battles in northwestern Pakistan on Sunday, killing 11 in an insurgent stronghold overlooking the Afghan border, an official said. ...

Source: www.moreover.com --- 27 days ago
UPI Oct 22 2008 11:53AM GMT ...

Source: www.nowpublic.com --- 3 days ago
As the Pakistani security Forces reportedly killed six militants in the ongoing operation in the Bajaur tribal region on Tuesday, the last day of the three-day deadline given to the Afghan refugees to leave the troubled area."Six militants were killed during security Forces... read more ...

Source: www.nowpublic.com --- 9 days ago
Pakistani security Forces shot dead a local journalist in the restive Swat valley where a campaign against militants is going on for the past several weeks. read more ...

Source: www.moreover.com --- 23 days ago
Kavkaz-Center Oct 26 2008 7:58AM GMT ...

Source: clipmarks.com --- 20 days ago
clipped by: tommy2balmy clipper's remarks: Tribal sources said the militants from Loisam used to easily travel to Nawagai Tehsil on one side and Nawapass in Charmang on the border with Afghanistan on the other side and similarly to Mamond via Bhai Cheena and Banda. Similarly, the militants were using it as an easy route to the adjoining Mohmand Agency via Ambar and Sarlara areas.Maulvi Omar, a spokesman for Baitullah Mahsud-led banned TTP, had once remarked that they would die but never allow Loisam to fall to the troops. Clip Source: www.thenews.com.pk Almost two-and-a-half months after the massive military operation was launched in Bajaur Agency against militants, the security Forces on Friday finally captured the strategically important Loisam area from the militants. The importance of Loisam for the military was its strategic location and may be that’s why the security Forces and militants were both using all their resources for the control of the area. Sources among the militants said the areas where Loisam was situated were in control of an Afghan Taliban commander, Qari Ziaur Rahman, known for beheading his rivals.He and his men, including Afghans, Arabs and militants from adjoining Mohmand Agency and the South Waziristan, were offering tough resistance to the security Forces.Also, the security Forces had suffered heavy losses in the areas close to Loisam, where several senior military officers died either in fighting or were ...

Source: www.globalresearch.ca --- 2 days ago
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Source: www.earthtimes.org --- 19 days ago
Islamabad - At least 10 Taliban militants and one civilian were killed Thursday as Pakistani army helicopter gunships and artillery pounded militant positions in the country's north-western Swat valley, officials said. Our Forces targeted insurgent ... ...

Source: www.earthtimes.org --- 21 days ago
New Delhi - Pakistani troops fired at Indian forward positions along a de facto border between the two countries in Jammu and Kashmir state, a news report said Tuesday. The Pakistani troops fired rockets, mortars and small arms in forward areas along... ...

Source: www.earthtimes.org --- 30 days ago
Islamabad - Jet fighters strafed a stronghold of Islamist militants in Pakistan's north-western Swat district on Sunday, killing at least 30 insurgents including key commanders, officials said. Successive bombing runs were carried out on mountain hid... ...

Source: news.antiwar.com --- 25 days ago
After several delays and threatened cancellations, 25 US military personnel arrived in Pakistan some time last week to begin a controversial training program aimed at bolstering Pakistan’s Frontier Corps (FC). The program would not directly train the corps itself, but rather would train Pakistani army instructors who would then be responsible for training the FC [...] ...

Source: news.antiwar.com --- 31 days ago
In a statement delivered by spokesman Ahmedullah Ahmedi, local Tehreek-e Taliban Pakistan (TTP) commander Qari Gul Bahadar said that militants in North and South Waziristan will continue to abide by the peace deal signed with the Pakistani government earlier this year in spite of the escalating US attacks in the region. Bahadar is reportedly an advocate [...] ...

Source: mensnewsdaily.com --- 8 hours ago
With US, Afghan and Pakistani Forces applying pressure on both sides of the Afghanistan-Pakistan border, the enemy “is running out of options for places to go,” a senior US officer in the region said today. Army Col. John M. Spiszer, commander of Task Force Duke, which is centered on the 1st Infantry Division’s 3rd Brigade [...] ...