Couple escape from Pakistan Taliban captors
A Pakistan army spokesperson says a Swiss couple, who was kidnapped by the Taliban last July, have escaped from their captors and are well.
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Pakistan says dozens killed in US drone strikes
At least 30 militants were killed in less than 12 hours in a hail of missile strikes by suspected US drone aircraft in Pakistan’s north-west region.
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US strike kills 12 more militants in Pakistan
US drone planes fired missiles at a compound in Pakistan’s north-west region, killing a dozen insurgents on Wednesday.
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US missiles hit Pakistani Taliban, 12 dead
Suspected US drones fired missiles into a Pakistani tribal region on Friday, killing 12 people, including five foreigners.
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‘Arabs’ among 20 killed by US strike in Pakistan
Pakistani villagers collected the corpses and body parts on Saturday of at least 20 people, including several suspected Arab militants.
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US drones hit Taliban commander’s Pakistan base
Missiles fired by United States drone aircraft killed at least three people on Monday in a Pakistani village near the Afghan border.
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Pakistani families flee Waziristan battle zone
Thousands of families began fleeing a town in a Pakistani tribal region after three days of fierce clashes between pro-Taliban militants and security forces that killed nearly 200 people. Around 150 militants and 45 soldiers were killed in fighting around Mir Ali, a town known as an al-Qaeda haunt.
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Musharraf rules out emergency over attacks
Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf on Wednesday ruled out declaring an emergency in an effort to stem a tide of militant attacks that have killed more than 130 people this month. In the lastest violence, militants killed 17 soldiers in the North Waziristan region a day after a suicide bomber killed 16 people in the capital.
