Baitullah Mehsud

/ 19 August 2009

Pakistan premier hails ‘success’ in Taliban battle

Pakistan’s prime minister on Wednesday hailed the military’s "success" against the Taliban, as the rebels reeled from the arrest of a top spokesperson

By Staff Reporter

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/ 5 August 2009

Suspected US drone kills Taliban chief’s wife

The wife of Pakistani Taliban chief Baitullah Mehsud was among three people killed on Wednesday in a missile strike, relatives told Reuters.

By Alamgir Bitani

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/ 24 June 2009

US strikes kill dozens in Taliban heartland

US missile strikes killed dozens of people in a Pakistani tribal area controlled by Taliban chief Baitullah Mehsud, officials said on Wednesday.

By S H Khan

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/ 15 June 2009

Pakistan steels for army assault on Waziristan

Pakistan braced for militant reprisals on Monday ahead of an assault on the stronghold of Pakistani Taliban leader Baitullah Mehsud.

By Kamran Haider

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/ 31 March 2009

Taliban claim responsibility for Lahore police attack

Pakistani Taliban leader Baitullah Mehsud said on Tuesday his group had carried out an assault on a police academy in the city of Lahore.

By Kamran Haider

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/ 25 June 2008

Bodies found of 22 abducted by Pakistani Taliban

Pakistani Taliban militants murdered 22 rivals captured this week when they seized a north-western town, a government official said.

By Alamgir Bitani

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/ 16 June 2008

Karzai threatens to send troops into Pakistan

Hamid Karzai, Afghanistan’s President, escalated tensions with neighbouring Pakistan on Sunday by threatening to send troops across the border.

By Staff Reporter

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/ 20 May 2008

Pakistan village punished for harbouring the Taliban

A fading photo tossed on an empty bed is all that remains of the interrupted lives in Spinkai, a desolate Pakistani village that has endured the wrath of the army’s ”collective punishment”. In the image, a laughing young man in a jet-black turban brandishes his rifle like a trophy. Beside him stand two little girls in bright frocks, giggling with glee.

By Staff Reporter

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/ 7 February 2008

Pakistan holds two more suspects in Bhutto’s murder

Pakistani police have arrested two more suspects in connection with the assassination of opposition leader Benazir Bhutto, the interior minister said on Thursday. Bhutto was killed in a gun and bomb attack on December 27 as she was coming out of an election rally in the city of Rawalpindi.

By Staff Reporter

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/ 6 February 2008

Pakistan Taliban declare ceasefire, says spokesperson

Pakistani Taliban fighters announced a ceasefire on Wednesday after months of clashes with security forces and suicide attacks across the north-west of the country. But a military spokesperson said that while fighting had died down no truce had been agreed.

By Staff Reporter

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/ 4 February 2008

Suicide bomb attack on Pakistani military, five dead

A suicide bomber attacked a Pakistani military bus taking medical corps staff to work in the city of Rawalpindi on Monday killing at least five people and wounding 25. Violence has intensified in Pakistan in recent months with the army battling militants in the northw-est and suicide bomb attacks in towns and cities.

By Augustine Anthony

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/ 25 January 2008

Up to 30 militants killed in Pakistan

Up to 30 pro-Taliban militants and two soldiers were killed in clashes in a tribal region in north-western Pakistan on Friday, the military said. The clashes broke out in Darra Adam Kheil tribal region near the city of Peshawar a day after militants seized four trucks carrying ammunition and other supplies for paramilitary forces.

By Staff Reporter

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/ 24 January 2008

Pakistani forces battle militants, dozens killed

Pakistani forces have cleared militant strongholds from three areas in the South Waziristan region on the Afghan border and 40 militants and eight soldiers have been killed in fighting, the military said on Thursday. The army is sending reinforcements and using tanks in the area after a week of fighting with militants.

By Robert Birsel

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/ 18 January 2008

Pakistani forces say up to 90 militants killed

Pakistani forces killed up to 90 militants in two battles on Friday in the South Waziristan region on the Afghan border, the military said. The clashes came two days after hundreds of militants overran a paramilitary fort in another part of South Waziristan.

By Augustine Anthony

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/ 29 December 2007

Bhutto party accuses govt as al-Qaeda denies murder

Benazir Bhutto’s party challenged official versions of the opposition leader’s assassination and accused the government on Saturday of trying to cover up failures just days before planned elections. Meanwhile, al-Qaeda-linked militants denied being behind the killing of the 54-year-old former prime minister.

By Zeeshan Haider

Pakistan premier hails ‘success’ in Taliban battle

Suspected US drone kills Taliban chief’s wife

US strikes kill dozens in Taliban heartland

Pakistan steels for army assault on Waziristan

Taliban claim responsibility for Lahore police attack

Bodies found of 22 abducted by Pakistani Taliban

Karzai threatens to send troops into Pakistan

Pakistan village punished for harbouring the Taliban

Pakistan holds two more suspects in Bhutto’s murder

Pakistan Taliban declare ceasefire, says spokesperson

Suicide bomb attack on Pakistani military, five dead

Up to 30 militants killed in Pakistan

Pakistani forces battle militants, dozens killed

Pakistani forces say up to 90 militants killed

Bhutto party accuses govt as al-Qaeda denies murder

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