Archive for the ‘Pakistan War on Terror News’ Category

26 NATO tankers torched in new attack in Pakistan

Thursday, October 7th, 2010

At least 26 NATO oil tankers were torched when militants opened fire on a convoy of dozens of vehicles parked in Nowshera in northwestern Pakistan, senior police officials said Wednesday.

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More Nato trucks burnt in Pakistan

Wednesday, October 6th, 2010

Militants in Pakistan have burned up to eight tankers carrying fuel for Nato forces in Afghanistan, killing a lorry driver, according to Pakistani police.

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US Drone strike kills 8 Germans in Pak

Tuesday, October 5th, 2010

A suspected US drone strike killed eight militants of German nationality in northwest Pakistan on Monday, Pakistani intelligence officials said. They died when two missiles from a suspected CIA pilotless aircraft struck a mosque in Mirali in North Waziristan, the officials added.

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Taliban attacks NATO supply trucks in Pakistan

Monday, October 4th, 2010

The Pakistani Taliban claimed responsibility Monday for a pre-dawn attack on tankers carrying fuel to Afghanistan for U.S. and other NATO forces, vowing to continue raiding supply lines in Pakistan until they are shut down completely.

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CIA steps up drone campaign in Fata

Monday, October 4th, 2010

The US military is secretly diverting aerial drones from Afghanistan to escalate a CIA-led campaign against militants in neighboring Pakistan, the Wall Street Journal reported Saturday.

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US drone strike kills six in Pakistan

Saturday, October 2nd, 2010

A US drone strike has killed six militants in Pakistan’s lawless tribal belt along the Afghan border, local security officials said.

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US says has developed alternative supply routes

Friday, October 1st, 2010

The Pentagon has said that it is in talks with the Pakistani officials to resolve the issue of blocking of NATO and US supply line to Afghanistan, but noted that they have developed alternate routes and this was not an immediate national security issue.

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Nato raid ‘kills Pakistan troops’

Thursday, September 30th, 2010

Three Pakistani soldiers were killed in a Nato helicopter attack near the Afghan border, Pakistani officials say.

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22 drone attacks in Pakistan in September

Wednesday, September 29th, 2010

The U.S. government increased the number of missile attacks this month against militant guerrilla groups in northwest Pakistan to the most this year, according to researchers who monitor the campaign.

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