Topic: Upper Dir
Pakistani police said Monday that the Taliban had released a video showing policemen being executed by firing squad after being captured in the northwest.A senior police official told AFP the video was filmed on June 1, when Taliban besieged a police ...
Hundreds of militants on Friday again besieged a Pakistani area on the Afghan border, shortly after troops claimed to have regained control after fighting killed 34 people, police said."Militants have attacked again. There are hundreds of them. They have besieged the ...
Pakistani jets bomb N. Waziristan tribal region, killing up to 6 and raising tensionsPakistani fighter jets targeted suspected Taliban hide-outs in a tribal region near Afghanistan on Sunday, killing as many as six people and raising the odds of a future military ...
Latest clashes in Pakistan leave more 30 dead, including 7 killed by civilian militiaMilitary jets and artillery pounded suspected militant hide-outs in two towns in Pakistan's northwest on Sunday, killing 27 fighters, officials said. He said no civilians were killed in ...
At least 14 Taliban militants were killed in separate battles with local vigilantes and Pakistani troops in the northwest of the country, the police and military said on Sunday.A group of rebels fleeing towards northwestern Chitral district was intercepted by local ...
At least seven Taliban militants were killed Sunday in a gunfight with local vigilantes in northwest Pakistan, police said.A group of rebels fleeing towards northwestern Chitral district was intercepted by local vigilantes in the village of Patrak in Upper Dir district ...
Armed tribesman killed six suspected Taliban militants in northwest Pakistan on Wednesday, as they continued their government-backed revenge campaign for a deadly mosque blast, police said.As many as 3,000 villagers in Upper Dir took up arms in early June, forming ...
Pakistani villagers seeking to avenge a deadly mosque blast have killed 13 more suspected Taliban, the army said Tuesday, as helicopter gunships were deployed to support the mob.Hundreds of tribesmen in northwest Upper Dir district took up arms Saturday, a day ...
Pakistan's military sent helicopter gunships to a northwest region Tuesday to support armed villagers who have risen up against Taliban to avenge a deadly mosque blast, an official said.Hundreds of tribesmen in Upper Dir district took up arms Saturday, a ...
Pakistani villagers seeking revenge for a deadly mosque bombing killed three more suspected Taliban insurgents Monday in a third day of vigilante violence, police and officials said.The spontaneous militia took up arms on Saturday and killed six suspected militants in Upper ...
