News for 'North Wazirstan'

Kill Zone: 468 Pakistani lives lost to US drones in 7 months

Kill Zone: 468 Pakistani lives lost to US drones in 7 months

Rediff.com12 Aug 2011

Despite Islamabad's strong objection, American drones carried out 53 strikes in 2011 that killed 468 people in Pakistan's tribal belt. Though a Lahore court has directed the Pakistani government to take measures to stop these attacks, the US does not seem to be letting up any soon. Tahir Ali reports.

Was Abu Jindal the local link in 26/11 attack?

Was Abu Jindal the local link in 26/11 attack?

Rediff.com25 Jun 2012

Abu Hamza is without doubt a Pakistani national who was one of the voices who guided 26/11 attack. Now with Home Minister P Chidambaram giving him another alias of Abu Jundal alias Jindal, it confuses the case even further, and nothing can be said with certainty who exactly is the man they have with them. Vicky Nanjappa reports.

Pak training militants in mountain warfare

Pak training militants in mountain warfare

Rediff.com13 Oct 2003

It is raising 'special militant groups' drawn from Lashkar-e-Tayiba, Harkat-ul-Jehadi-Islami, al-Badr and tribals of North West Frontier Province and Federally Administered Tribal Areas.

We must not forget the Battle of Saragarhi

We must not forget the Battle of Saragarhi

Rediff.com18 Sep 2019

September 12 marked the 122th anniversary of one of the most incredible battles in Indian history.