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- At least 7 killed in latest U.S. drone attack
U.S. missiles on Friday slammed into the hideout of a Pakistani Taliban commander allied to warlord Baitullah Mehsud in the tribal belt, killing at least seven militants, security officials said. The United States has put Pakistan at the heart of the
- US Missiles Hit Taliban Commander's Hideout in Pakistan
US missiles pounded a Pakistani Taliban commander's hideout in the lawless tribal area of South Waziristan on Friday and casualties were feared, officials said. Security sources gave varying accounts of five or possibly up to 13 civilians dead, but
- 16 dead after clashes between tribesmen and Taliban militants
Peshawar: Clashes between tribesmen and Taliban militants left 16 people dead in Pakistan's northwest on Saturday, officials said, in the latest violence between pro-government tribal militias and insurgents. The Taliban also said it shot down a
- Taliban claim to down Pakistani helicopter
The Taliban claimed responsibility Saturday for a Pakistani helicopter crash that killed 26 security personnel, as helicopter gunships pounded suspected militant hideouts in the northwest. The Pakistani military dismissed the Taliban claim, repeating an
- Taliban claim Pakistan chopper downing (AAP)
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- Suicide bomber attacks foreign base in Afghan east (Reuters)
7:50 pm UK make gains in Afghanistan: military July 3, 2009, 9:04 pm Seventeen die in US strike in Pakistan July 3, 2009, 9:06 pm KABUL (Reuters) - One U.S. soldier and an Afghan were killed when a suicide bomber tried to attack a base in southeast
- Taliban claim to down Pakistan military helicopter
Taliban militants Saturday claimed responsibility for a military helicopter crash that killed 26 people in the rugged tribal area in the country's north. The helicopter crashed Friday on the border of the semi-autonomous Orakzai and Khyber tribal regions
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The separation in 1947 of British India into the Muslim state of Pakistan (with two sections West and East) and largely Hindu India was never satisfactorily resolved. A third war between these countries in 1971 resulted in East Pakistan seceding and becoming the separate nation of Bangladesh. A dispute over the state of Kashmir is ongoing. In response to Indian nuclear weapons testing, Pakistan conducted its own tests in 1998.
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AP - Clashes between tribesmen and Taliban militants left 16 people dead in Pakistan's northwest on Saturday, officials said, in the latest violence between pro-government tribal militias and insurgents.
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