Associated Press | Mar 16, 2013
ABBOTTABAD, Pakistan - A bus carrying Pakistani soldiers slid off a mountainous road and fell into a deep ravine in the country's northwest on Saturday, killing 24 and injuring five others, officials said. Senior government official Aqil Badshah said the bus was going from the garrison city of Rawalpindi to the northern town of Gilgit when the ... more
Agence France-Presse | Feb 18, 2013
Militants including a suicide bomber attacked the office of a senior official in Pakistan's northwestern city of Peshawar on Monday, killing five people, officials said. The top political official, Mutahir Zeb, for the northwestern tribal district of Khyber was holding a meeting in his office but was not hurt in the attack. Khyber, part of Pak... more
Associated Press | Jan 07, 2013
DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan - Suspected American drones fired several missiles into three militant hideouts near the Afghan border on Sunday, killing nine Pakistani Taliban fighters, intelligence officials said. The strikes targeted the group's hideouts in the South Waziristan tribal region, the three officials said, speaking on condition of ano... more
Agence France-Presse | Dec 27, 2012
Around 200 heavily-armed militants stormed two government paramilitary camps in northwest Pakistan on Thursday and kidnapped at least 22 soldiers, officials said. The attackers struck at Kohi Hasankhel and Jona Khawar camps outside Peshawar, local administration official Naveed Akbar told AFP. more
Associated Press | Dec 19, 2012
WASHINGTON - The United States has decided to reimburse Pakistan $688 million for the cost of providing support for some 140,000 troops on the border with Afghanistan. Deputy Defense Secretary Ashton Carter notified Congress that the U.S. would make the payment to Islamabad for expenses incurred from June through November 2011. "In making this... more