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    Three dead in Waziristan drone strike

    ISLAMABAD (PAN): Three people were killed in a US drone attack in Pakistan’s troubled northwestern Waziristan tribal region near the Afghanistan border on Wednesday, an official said.



    Security and Crime

    Anti-Taliban elder survives suicide attack

    ISLAMABAD (PAN): A former government official survived a suicide attack that killed two of his bodyguards and wounded four others in Peshawar, the capital of Pakistan’s northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, on Tuesday.



    Security and Crime

    Pakistan spurns Panetta remarks

    ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Saturday rejected US Defense Secretary Leon Panetta’s recent remarks on terrorist safe havens in the North Waziristan tribal region near the Afghanistan border.



    Security and Crime

    22 dead, 44 wounded in Peshawar blast

    ISLAMABAD (PAN): At least 21 people were killed and more 44 others wounded in a bomb attack in Peshawar, the capital of Pakistan’s northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, on Friday.



    Governance

    HIA seeks result-oriented peace talks

    ISLAMABAD (PAN): The Hezb-i-Islami Afghanistan (HIA), the second largest militant group after Taliban, on Wednesday said it had conveyed to the United Nations its desire for a meaningful peace dialogue.



    Security and Crime

    Pakistan protests to US over drone strikes

    ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Tuesday summoned a senior American diplomat and lodged a strong protest over drone strikes in its northwestern tribal belt, calling the raids unlawful.



    Security and Crime

    20 rebels killed after attack on Salala checkpoint

    ISLAMABAD (PAN): Twenty insurgents and a soldier were killed during a fierce clash in Pakistan’s northwestern tribal region of Mohmand on Tuesday, an official said.



    Security and Crime

    25 rebels killed in US, Pakistan airstrikes

    ISLAMABAD (PAN): Foreigner fighters were among 15 suspected insurgents killed in fresh US drone strikes in Pakistan's northwestern tribal region of North Waziristan on Monday morning, an official said.



    Security and Crime

    Foreigners among 10 dead in Waziristan drone strike

    ISLAMABAD (PAN): Ten suspected insurgents were killed in fresh US drone strikes in Pakistan's northwestern tribal region of South Waziristan on Sunday morning, an official said.



    Security and Crime

    7 killed in Pakistan security incidents

    ISLAMABAD (PAN): Seven suspected militants were killed in a US drone strike and an anti-Taliban operation in Pakistan’s restive northwestern tribal areas on Saturday, officials said.