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Where sect takes precedence over everything else

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Suspects arrested as massive car bomb in Pakistani city kills at least 30 and leaves 250 injured

The Army said 29 Taliban fighters and six soldiers were killed in Swat, and 14 Taliban fighters were captured; half of Mingora has been cleared, while the Taliban radio channel has stopped broadcasting. The military killed six Taliban fighters in South Waziristan. Mullah Fazlullah has ordered the Taliban to stop fighting in Mingora, and Sufi […]

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Bloggers mobilise for Pakistan refugees

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Fazlullah asks his men to stop fighting

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Army attacks militants in South Waziristan, six killed

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Six Taliban were killed in Swat as fighting continues in Mingora. The military said it took control of Malam Jabba. The Taliban are seeking recruits, weapons, and money to continue the fight in Swat. The Taliban killed three Shia in Dera Ismail Khan, three policemen in Kohat, and three more policemen in Haripur; and bombed […]

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Pakistani troops retake part of Mingora after battle with Taleban

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Pakistani Taliban to Swat civilians: Come back

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‘Progress’ against Swat Taliban

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UN mulls asking Pakistan to pause fighting to aid trapped civilians

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Who killed the Baloch leaders?

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Tensions brew in Balochistan as countless missing

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Taliban lying low to fight another day

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Pakistan says three tribal regions cleared of Taliban militants

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Ally reportedly deserts Pakistan™s insurgents

Pakistani troops advance into Swat’s main town

Soldiers have seized several strategic intersections in their initial move into the town of Mingora, according to the military. The Taliban appear to be conserving their main forces for future battles.

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Pakistan troops battle for key city in Swat Valley

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Pakistani troops have entered the town of Mingora in Swat; ten Taliban fighters and three soldiers have been killed in Swat. Security forces killed 18 Taliban fighters during airstrikes in Arakzai. Qari Ihsanullah, a Taliban commander who conducts attacks in Pakistan and Afghanistan, was detained along with six fighters in Charsadda.

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Pakistan ‘driving out’ insurgents

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Concern mounts over US Predator covert killings

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Over 80,000 trapped in Swat remote area Miandam

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Pakistani jets pound Taliban militants in northwest

Pakistan detained senior Shadow Army commander

Abu Sufyan al Yemeni is a senior officer who was responsible for facilitating the movement of recruits and operatives into Pakistan’s tribal areas and served as a conduit for communications to al Qaeda cells worldwide.

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Battle for a Taliban town of terror

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Fight for Mingora is on

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Extremists to be produced before Qazi courts: Iftikhar

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The military said 17 Taliban fighters have been killed in the initial assault on Mingora in Swat, and 33 foreign fighters were detained in Darra Adam Khel. The Taliban sent threatening letters to the president, prime minister, and other political figures, and bombed a school in Mohmand. Police in Rawalpindi are on alert for attacks […]

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Insurgents in Mogadishu attack AU peacekeepers