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/ 11 September 2009
Pakistani security forces have arrested the spokesperson for the Taliban in the Swat valley, the military said, the first major arrest in the region.
The son of one of Pakistan’s most prominent anti-Taliban Muslim clerics fears that his father’s murder could spark more sectarian violence.
A bomb blast killed about 40 worshippers attending Friday prayers at a mosque in a restive area of north-west Pakistan.
Pakistan’s army had ”turned the tide” against the Taliban and aimed to completely eradicate them from the Swat valley, the army chief said on Friday.
Pakistan’s moderate clerics are mobilising support for the government as it battles the Taliban, warning that militants could take over the country
Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari on Monday ruled out the possibility of his country’s nuclear weapons falling into the hands of the Taliban.
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/ 29 September 2008
Militants battling Pakistani forces are getting weapons and reinforcements from Afghanistan, security officials said on Monday.
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/ 15 September 2008
Firing by Pakistani troops forced US military helicopters to turn back after they crossed into Pakistan on Monday, Pakistani security officials said.
Pakistan’s President Pervez Musharraf is ready to resign rather than face impeachment, coalition government officials said on Friday.
Pakistan’s ruling coalition agreed on Thursday to begin impeachment proceedings against President Pervez Musharraf.