Suspected U.S. unmanned aircraft fired six missiles at a vehicle in Pakistan's rugged tribal region Thursday, killing five militants, including a close ally to one of the area's top commanders, Pakistani intelligence officials said.Full story
At least 45 suspected militants were killed by missiles launched by U.S. drone aircraft in Pakistan's northwest in less than 24 hours, local intelligence officials said Tuesday. Full story
Gunmen killed a senior Pakistani Taliban commander Monday who helped train and deploy the group's suicide bombers, while suspected U.S. drone missile strikes killed 20 alleged militants elsewhere in the country. Full story
epa02761491 A file picture dated 12 May 2011 shows Major-General Mohammad Nawaz, director general of the Punjab Rangers, talking with journalists in the South Waziristan area of Jandola. A military helicopter with the head of the provincial paramilitary force Punjab Rangers, Major-General Mohammad
epa02502687 Elders of the Mehsud tribe, attend a Jirga, a centuries old tribal mechanism to resolve disputes, in Tank, a town neighboring south-Waziristran tribal region near the Afghan border in Pakistan on 20 December 2010. Mehsud tribesmen gathered to highlight problems being faced by the persons
