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MIRANSHAH: Ten people including outlawed Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) Commander Hafiz Gul Bahadur are reportedly killed in drone strike in North Waziristan, Geo News reported. Sources said the unmanned aircraft fired two missiles at the compound of Hafiz Gul Bahadur, killing the TTP commander and 9 others in Alwar Mandi of Shawal area. Several other people also sustained injuries in the strike.

WASHINGTON — When the U.S. State Department announced this week that it finally is going to designate the Haqqani network as a foreign terrorist organization, it was a nonevent for most of our countrymen. That's because few Americans know how deadly the organization is. For that we can thank those at Foggy Bottom who are wedded to the naive hope of a near-term "diplomatic breakthrough" in Afghanistan. Couple that misguided belief with the Obama administration's self-deception that the radical Islamic jihad against the West ended with the demise of Osama bin Laden and it's understandable why the Haqqani network...

MIRANSHAH (SANA): A bomb ripped through a military vehicle Saturday martyring two soldiers in a village in Miranshah. According to sources close to security forces, the incident took place in Data Khel area of North Waziristan tribal agency that left two soldiers dead. The remote-controlled bomb planted on a roadside hit a patrol party leading a convoy of security forces at Boya village, some 20 kilometres (12 miles) west of Miranshah. The vehicle was also damaged as a result of blast. Security forces imposed curfew in the area after the attack and launched a search operation to trace the perpetrators....

MIRANSHAH: A US drone fired two missiles into a militant compound in Pakistan's northwestern tribal belt on Sunday killing at least five militants, Geo News reported Sunday. The missiles targeted a militant compound on the outskirts of Miranshah, the main town in the North Waziristan area. According to local sources, US drones continue to fly across the airspace after the above strikes.

A German man wearing a burka and carrying a pistol was arrested in northwest Pakistan Monday after travelling from an area known as a hub for Al-Qaeda-linked militants, police said. "A German man, wearing a burka, was intercepted at a checkpoint in Bannu while coming from Miranshah with a six-year-old girl," local police station chief Farid Khan told AFP. Two tribesmen travelling with him in the vehicle were also detained, he said. Miranshah is the main town of lawless North Waziristan tribal district, a known hotbed of Taliban and Al-Qaeda linked militants. Most women in the area wear a burka,...

WASHINGTON – An al-Qaida leader believed to have played a key role in the bombing of a CIA post in Afghanistan last December was apparently killed by an American missile strike last week, a senior U.S. official said Wednesday. The counterterrorism official said Hussein al-Yemeni was believed killed in a strike in Miram Shah, the main town in North Waziristan. The official spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss sensitive information. Drone strikes in Pakistan's border region, largely conducted by the CIA, have escalated in recent months, proving an effective way to target al-Qaida and Taliban leaders hiding in the...

via translation - Pakistan: new missile apparently American, 11 or 12 dead MIRANSHAH (Pakistan) - A new missile apparently fired by a drone of the American army came to Afghanistan Friday killed 11 or 12 people in the north-west Pakistan, where Washington wants to eradicate the dens of Al-Qaeda and Taliban have assured local officials. The new strike comes after an exchange of acrimonious About between Washington and Islamabad, however, its ally in its "war against terrorism": the USA have threatened to expand military operations in the tribal areas of Pakistan bordering the Afghanistan, Pakistan has vowed to oppose "any...

MIRANSHAH, Pakistan (AFP) — A suspected missile strike destroyed buildings including a mosque in a Pakistani tribal area early Monday, but there were no immediate reports of casualties, security officials said. At least two blasts ripped through the compound in Spilga, a village on the outskirts of Miranshah, the main town in the Taliban stronghold of North Waziristan, the officials told AFP. No casualties were reported after the explosions, which happened shortly after midnight (1800 GMT), said the officials who are based in the region. Officials in Islamabad said they had no details. Missile attacks attributed to US-led forces in...

MIRAN SHAH, Pakistan - A missile destroyed a suspected militant hideout in northwestern Pakistan near the Afghan border Friday, killing 10 people inside and wounding 11, security officials said. It was not clear who fired the missile that struck a compound in Danday village on the outskirts of Miran Shah, the main town in the North Waziristan tribal region, an army official and two local security officials said on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak to the media. U.S. missiles are suspected of having struck alleged militant hideouts in the past, but Washington insisted Friday there...

MIRAN SHAH, Pakistan - Government forces attacked two militant bases with helicopter gunships and artillery Tuesday in some of the army's toughest action in the lawless Afghan border region since militant attacks began surging last month. Spokesman Maj. Gen. Waheed Arshad said troops targeted a pair of compounds in Daygan, a village 10 miles west of North Waziristan's main town of Miran Shah, after they received credible intelligence that militants were there. President Gen. Pervez Musharraf, a key ally of the United States in its war on terror, is under rising pressure from Washington to crack down on militants in...

MIRANSHAH: In an aerial raid by coalition bombers in Shawal area of North Waziristan, bordering Afghanistan, several people have been killed and wounded, reports said. Till now eight dead bodies have been taken out of the wreckage but the officials haven’t confirmed deaths in the raid. Three paramilitary soldiers were killed Saturday in the tribal area bordering Afghanistan when their vehicle hit an explosive device, officials said. According to sources coalition fighter planes have pounded Shawal valley in North Waziristan destroying a hotel, a building nearby the hotel and vehicles parked in nearby area. Local tribesmen have taken eight dead...

MIRANSHAH, Pakistan (AFP) - Seven Pakistani soldiers were killed when a suicide bomber blew up his car at a checkpost in a restive tribal area, a day after militants there announced a truce. It was the second suicide blast in a month in rugged North Waziristan, where Pakistani forces recently fought bloody battles against Taliban and Al-Qaeda insurgents who fled from neighbouring Afghanistan in 2001. Security officials said Monday paramilitary troops ordered the explosives-filled Toyota Corolla station-wagon to stop as it neared a roadblock six kilometres (four miles) east of Miranshah, the main town in the area. "As it did...

AP Exclusive: U.S. forces set up base in Afghan mountains for al-Qaida hunt ON THE AFGHAN BORDER (AP ) -- Using bulldozers to slice bunkers and a helicopter landing pad out of a mountainside, U.S. special operations forces dug in on a peak overlooking Pakistan - fortifying the area for the intensifying battle against al-Qaida and Taliban forces. Special operations forces - including the Army's Green Berets, the Navy SEALs, and CIA operatives - are playing a secretive but leading role in the battle against al-Qaida and Taliban suspects believed to be hiding out in the mountains of Pakistan's...