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Bookmark or Share- Pakistani security forces kill six militants in two shootouts ...PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistani security forces acting on intelligence faced off with militants in two separate shootouts in the restive northwest bordering Afghanistan, killing six insurgents, the military said on Monday. A militant commander was killed in the first overnight raid in North Waziristan, a district in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa ...
- Waziristan - WikipediaWaziristan (Pashto, Urdu: وزیرستان, lit. ' land of the Mehsud, The Wolves, & Wazir ') is a mountainous region of Pakistani province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. The Waziristan region administratively splits among three districts: North Waziristan, Lower South Waziristan District, and Upper South Waziristan District.
- Waziristan: ‘The most dangerous place in the world’Waziristan for centuries was a land of mystery, an isolated region best avoided by the great conquerors of history – Alexander the Great and the Mughal emperors Akbar and Aurangzeb.
- Violence surges in Pakistan's tribal belt as Taliban, IS-K go ...The TTP was founded by Baitullah Mehsud in South Waziristan at the end of 2007. The militant movement was formed in response to a Pakistani military operation clearing the Lal Masjid mosque in ...
- North Waziristan: What happened after militants lost the battle?For over a decade the inaccessible and mountainous tribal area of North Waziristan was home to a swirling array of violent jihadists. The Pakistan and Afghan Taliban movements, al-Qaeda and less...
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