Swat Valley

Eleven civilians and four military personnel were killed Monday when a suspected suicide blast hit near northwest Pakistan's Swat valley, military and hospital officials said. Copyright 2009 AFP Asian Edition

Pakistani jets pounded Taliban sanctuaries after a dramatic hostage siege at the army headquarters, as the military geared up Monday for a full ground assault to take on the increasingly brazen rebels. The air strikes late Sunday and early Monday on Taliban ...

Pakistan's army said Monday it was waiting for government orders to launch a strike against Taliban strongholds in the northwest tribal belt after a brazen hostage siege left 19 people dead. Suspected Taliban-linked gunmen staged an audacious day-time raid on the military ...

A massive suicide car bomb ripped through a packed market in the Pakistani city of Peshawar on Friday, killing at least 49 people and injuring over 100, in a region beset by Taliban attacks. The blast, which hit around midday, left charred ...

A massive suicide car bomb ripped through a packed market in the Pakistani city of Peshawar on Friday, killing at least 49 people and injuring over 100, in a region beset by Taliban attacks. The blast, which hit around midday, left charred ...

The bullet-riddled bodies of 15 suspected Taliban were found Thursday in Pakistan's northwest Swat, officials said, while 24 insurgents were killed in military operations in the region. Pakistani officials have previously reported 251 unexplained corpses dumped next to roads, beheaded or strung ...

The bullet-riddled bodies of 15 suspected Taliban militants were found on Thursday in Pakistan's northwest Swat, officials said, amid concerns of extra-judicial killings in the valley. Pakistani officials have previously reported 251 corpses dumped next to roads, beheaded or strung up in ...

Pakistan's army Wednesday said it had killed a top aide of fugitive Taliban commander Maulana Fazlullah, as they continued their hunt for militant chieftains in the northwest Swat valley. Nisar Ahmed, also known as Ghazi Baba, one of 15 Swat insurgents commanding ...