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DAWN.com
April 10, 2018
PESHAWAR: The traders from North Waziristan, who left their businesses and shops due to launch of a military operation in 2014, say that after their ... None has even been returned the material and machinery they left in their shops as they had to evacuate on a short notice when operation Zarb-i-Azb wasÃâà...
The Express Tribune
March 19, 2018
Few residents of the largest city in North Waziristan rarely venture into the heart of the city center – the site of the some of the most intense clashes with radical militant groups that refuse to go away. The fighting had become so intense at the onset of the operation that the military was forced to evacuateÃâà...
The Nation
February 28, 2018
... only ongoing energy projects before the election, besides ensuring availability of transmission lines for evacuation of power from these power projects. ... Similarly, Kurram Tungi Dam in North Waziristan Agency would also be completed in two phases and work on its first phase had been initiated sinceÃâà...
The News International (blog)
February 25, 2018
PESHAWAR: Corps Commander Lt Gen Nasir Ahmad Butt inaugurated the Mir Ali Sweet Home orphanage in North Waziristan and spent a busy day with the orphaned children. A press release by the political administration of North Waziristan said the Corps Commander Peshawar as the chief guestÃâà...
Pakistan Today
February 8, 2018
A US drone strike along the Pak-Afghan border in the North Waziristan region has reportedly killed the deputy chief of the proscribed Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), Sajna Mehsud, according to unconfirmed reports on Thursday. Reports suggested that Sajna was among two men reportedly taken downÃâà...
The Nation
February 7, 2018
At least two security personnel were martyred and three others wounded in a rocket attack in North Waziristan Agency on Wednesday. According to security sources, a military vehicle was targeted in Idak village, North Waziristan late Tuesday night. The attack left two security men dead and three othersÃâà...
Hindustan Times
December 24, 2017
The bombing took place in the village of Ghulam Khan in North Waziristan, one of the country's seven semi-autonomous tribal areas where the military has been battling Islamist militants, including the Pakistani Taliban. The soldiers from the paramilitary Frontier Corps were searching for bombs to clear theÃâà...
The Express Tribune
December 20, 2017
The academy has been established in collaboration with local cricket clubs and the local sports administration. PHOTO: FILE. ISLAMABAD: The federal government, as part of its endeavours to provide healthy activities in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (Fata) has established a cricket academy toÃâà...
Anadolu Agency
December 12, 2017
"An army convoy was on their way when some militants attacked a vehicle of the security forces in the Alikhail Miransha area of North Waziristan," the Pakistani military's Inter Services Public Relation said in a statement. Two soldiers, both aged 21, were killed. Those injured have been taken to militaryÃâà...
Anadolu Agency
October 18, 2017
At least three soldiers had been killed and seven others wounded on Oct. 9, when a military convoy came under attack in Dosli area of North Waziristan. North Waziristan, one of the seven semi-autonomous tribal regions in Pakistan has been a battleground between the army and the Taliban since JuneÃâà...
Anadolu Agency
October 9, 2017
"Army convoy was on their way when some militants attacked a vehicle of the security forces in Dosli area of North Waziristan," a local political administration official, told Anadolu Agency on phone. The injured soldiers have been taken to military hospitals in Bannu and Peshawar cities, he added. SecurityÃâà...
The Express Tribune
July 3, 2017
The authority has also advised people to evacuate abandoned and mud houses. PDMA also suggested citizens to contact Deputy Commissioner Office (DCO) or PDMA's helpline number `1700′ in case of an emergency. The authority has also issued a report regarding damages and deaths in rain-relatedÃâà...
The Nation
June 25, 2017
South Waziristan is also one of the seven semi-autonomous tribal areas, where the army has for more than a decade been battling militants linked to the Taliban and Al-Qaeda. The army launched an operation in June 2014 in neighbouring North Waziristan to wipe out militant bases in the tribal areas andÃâà...
The Guardian
June 30, 2014
The ground offensive is the second phase of a long-awaited operation against militants in the North Waziristan tribal area, a lawless, mountainous stretch of land in northwest Pakistan. The military announced the operation mid-June but has mainly limited its tactics to airstrikes while giving hundreds ofÃâà...
DAWN.com (blog)
June 23, 2014
PESHAWAR/BANNU: Residents of North Waziristan have until the end of Monday to leave the remote mountainous North Waziristan tribal region ahead of a widely anticipated major ground offensive by the army against Islamist militants. At least 430,000 people have fled the region into nearby areas ofÃâà...
