Topic: Pakistani Armed Forces

Cross-border attacks from Pakistan on the rise: US

Cross-border attacks emanating from Pakistan against US-led forces in Afghanistan have increased since the US raid that killed Osama bin Laden in Pakistan, the Pentagon said.Asked if there was a recent rise in artillery or rocket fire across the border into Afghanistan, ...

Accidental blast kills one at Pakistan arms depot

An explosion ripped through a Pakistani arms depot just outside the capital Islamabad on Monday, killing a soldier and bringing down the roof of a barracks, officials said."This was an accidental blast in a unit store of the Pakistan Army. One soldier ...
Top Pakistani military officials are concerned that their ranks have been penetrated by Islamists aiding militants in a campaign against the state, according to The Washington Post.The top Pakistani military commander, General Ashfaq Kayani, was shaken by the discovery of Al-Qaeda leader ...

Pakistan troops kill 'rebel infiltrators' in Swat

Pakistan's military said Friday it had killed 11 militants in the Swat valley, raising fears that rebels are again infiltrating the one-time tourism hub."Security forces foiled an attempt to disrupt peace in the Swat valley when they killed 11 terrorists overnight," a ...

Lashkar-e-Taiba

Lashkar-e-Taiba, a militant Islamic group based in Pakistan and Kashmir was formed by some Militant Islamists with unannounced petronage of Pakistan Army in 1986-87.Their stated goal is carry out JIHAD (Holy War acording to Islamic Faith) against non muslims with special focuse ...
At least 30 people have been killed in the latest suspected suicide blast to blight north-western Pakistan. This is now the third attack of its kind in as just many days in the North West Frontier Province, while all the time the ...
Pakistan intelligence: Dozens of Europeans in tribal region training for terror missionsDozens of Muslim militants with European citizenship are believed to be hiding out in the lawless tribal area of northwestern Pakistan, Pakistani and Western intelligence officials say, training for missions that ...

Bomb attack kills 2 in Pakistan's Swat valley: police

A bomb attack killed two people and wounded at least 15 others Thursday in the main town of Pakistan's Swat valley, where the military put down a Taliban uprising last year, police said."At least two people were killed and 15 wounded," said ...

Pakistan suicide attack kills 39: police

A twin suicide attack targeting the Pakistani military in the city of Lahore on Friday killed 39 people and wounded 95, a senior police official said."Thirty-nine people were killed and 95 wounded in the attacks," Punjab provincial police chief Tariq Saleem Dogar ...

Bomb blast kills five near Pakistan militant base

A bomb attack near a mosque and a base used by homegrown militants in Pakistan's tribal belt on the Afghan border killed at least five people on Thursday, security officials said.A militant commander was among those killed in the attack in Upper ...
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