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Tribesmen sign peace deal with Pakistan
Tribesmen signed a deal with Pakistani authorities on Monday, promising not to shelter militants in a tribal area on the Afghan border.
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Pakistan says 1 500 militants, 73 troops killed
Pakistani forces have killed 1 500 al-Qaeda and Taliban militants during a two-month operation in a remote tribal zone.
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Protests in Pakistan after deadly madrasa airstrike
Thousands of tribesmen chanting ”Death to America” rallied against the Pakistani and United States governments on Tuesday ahead of nationwide protests over a raid on an Islamic school that killed 80 people. Pakistan launched its deadliest airstrike to date on Monday against a madrasa in the troubled Bajaur tribal region bordering Afghanistan.
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Nearly 80 killed as Pakistan bombs madrassa
Pakistani helicopter gunships on Monday destroyed an Islamic school used as an al-Qaeda-linked training camp near the Afghan border, killing nearly 80 militants, officials and witnesses said. The strike targeting a madrassa near Khar, the main town in Bajaur tribal agency, was the biggest for months in the restive frontier region.
