55 militants killed in airstrikes, gun battle in Pakistan

Image: Pakistan Army soldiers stand guard during a patrol. Photograph: Mohsin Raza/Reuters At least 55 militants were killed in Pakistan military airstrikes and a gun battle with the army in the......

Pakistani Taliban denies reports of Hakimullah Mehsud's death

A day after reports that Pakistani Taliban leader Hakimullah Mehsud was killed in a United States drone attack in North Waziristan, the militant group has said he is alive and the speculation about......

Pak: Biggest US drone strike kills 31 Taliban men

United States carried out the heaviest bombing so far of Pakistan's lawless tribal belt as a swarm of drones fired a volley of 19 hellfire missiles at the den of the fighters of Haqqani network,......

27 militants, 5 soldiers killed in Pakistan air blitz

Five Pakistani soldiers and at least 27 militants, including some foreigners, were killed on Sunday in clashes and air strikes in the restive northwestern tribal belt, where the military has......