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Pakistan: 8 insurgents, 2 kids killed in battle with troops
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 1 year agoPakistani security forces attacked a militant hideout near the Afghan border Wednesday, prompting a shootout that killed eight of the insurgents and two children and wounded two soldiers, the ...
Pakistan reports polio case to take year's count to 13
Reuters via Yahoo News· 2 years agoThe latest case was found in the northwest province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) and involved an...
Nine Pakistan soldiers die after suicide bomber rams into military convoy
The Independent UK via AOL· 8 months agoNine soldiers were killed in Pakistan when a suicide bomber rammed his motorbike into their military...
This polio doctor believed he had a ‘sacred’ duty to vaccinate children – he paid the ultimate price
The Telegraph via Yahoo News· 2 months agoDr Abdur Rehman was ambushed by gunmen as he returned from work along the Afghan border - Ashfaq...
A surge in violence in Pakistan
The Week via Yahoo News· 1 year agoThe rubble of a Peshawar mosque damaged in a suicide bombing. Abdul Majeed/AFP via Getty Images On Jan. 30, a suicide bombing at a mosque in Peshawar,...
Pakistani Taliban overpower guards, seize police center
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 1 year agoSeveral Pakistani Taliban detainees overpowered their guards at a counter-terrorism center in...
Pakistani Taliban militants have ambushed a military convoy in a border region, killing 6 soldiers
Associated Press via AOL· 8 months agoPakistani Taliban fighters ambushed a military convoy in a former militant stronghold in the country's northwest near the Afghan border on Tuesday, triggering an intense shootout that killed ...
A roadside bomb kills 2 soldiers and troops kill 1 militant in northwest Pakistan
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 6 months agoTwo Pakistani soldiers and one militant were killed in a roadside bomb explosion and in a separate shootout during an overnight military operation against militant activity in the northwest ...
Pakistani Taliban kill 2 policemen amid spike in violence
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 1 year agoMilitants riding on a motorcycle shot and killed two policemen Friday in northwestern Pakistan, a region bordering Afghanistan where violence has spiked in recent months, police said. A police ...
Pakistan unsure flood aid conference to translate into funds
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 1 year agoPakistani officials were increasingly concerned Thursday whether next week's U.N.-backed conference...