Minister: Shootout reported between Taliban factions; contender to replace Mehsud may be deadISLAMABAD —Interior Minister Rahman Malik says authorities have received information that a fight broke out between two rival Taliban groups and that one of two people believed to be contenders to succeed Baitullah Mehsud as Taliban leader in Pakistan is dead. Militants say Pakistan’s Taliban chief Mehsud is alive, contradicting other reportsISLAMABAD —A Taliban spokesman and a deputy to Baitullah Mehsud claimed Saturday that the Pakistani Taliban chief was not killed by a CIA missile strike, contradicting another aide who confirmed Mehsud’s death a day earlier. Reports: Deputy says Pakistan’s Taliban chief Mehsud is aliveISLAMABAD —A deputy to Baitullah Mehsud claimed Saturday that the Pakistani Taliban chief was not killed by a CIA missile strike, contradicting another aide who confirmed Mehsud’s death a day earlier. Pakistanis say they worked with US in missile strike against Mehsud as Taliban mull his heirISLAMABAD —Local intelligence officials acknowledged Saturday that a CIA missile strike that killed Pakistan’s Taliban chief was carried out with Islamabad’s help, indicating growing coordination between the two countries on battling militants despite Pakistan’s official disapproval of the strikes. Death of Taliban commander seen as possible boost to US-Pakistan cooperation against militantsISLAMABAD — Pakistan’s Taliban chief was killed by a CIA missile strike, a militant commander confirmed Friday — a severe blow to extremists threatening the stability of this nuclear-armed nation and a possible boost to U.S.-Pakistani cooperation in fighting insurgents who wreak havoc along the Afghan border. Aide says Pakistani Taliban leader Baitullah Mehsud was killed by US missile strikeDERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan — Pakistan’s Taliban commander Baitullah Mehsud, who unleashed a fearsome campaign of suicide attacks and assassinations that made him the country’s most-wanted man, was killed in a U.S. missile strike, an aide said Friday. Fellow commander says Pakistani Taliban leader Baitullah Mehsud is deadDERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan — A commander from Taliban leader Baitullah Mehsud’s group says Mehsud was killed in a U.S. missile strike earlier this week. Pakistan FM: Authorities going to site of missile strike to verify Taliban leader’s deathDERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan — Pakistan’s foreign minister says he has received intelligence information that Pakistan’s Taliban chief Baitullah Mehsud was killed in a missile strike, but that authorities were heading to the area for verification. Intelligence officials: Pakistani Taliban leader Mehsud confirmed dead, already buriedDERA ISMAIL KHAN — Three Pakistani intelligence officials say that Pakistan’s Taliban chief has been killed in a CIA missile strike and his body buried. But one of the three says no intelligence agent has actually seen the body. Pakistani Taliban leader Baitullah Mehsud dead and buried, confirms intelligence
Pakistani leader promises review of laws after killings of 8 ChristiansISLAMABAD — Pakistan’s prime minister pledged on Thursday to review laws that may be sharpening tension among Pakistan’s religious communities, days after a Muslim mob burned homes in rioting that left eight Christians dead. Officials: Pakistani Taliban chief’s wife killed in US missile attackDERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan — A suspected U.S. missile strike killed a wife of Pakistani Taliban chief Baitullah Mehsud at his father-in-law’s house Wednesday, Pakistani intelligence and military officials said. Officials: Wife of Pakistani Taliban leader Baitullah Mehsud killed in missile attackDERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan — A U.S. missile strike in northwestern Pakistan has killed a wife of top Pakistani Taliban leader Baitullah Mehsud, Pakistani officials said Wednesday. Pakistani human rights group says riots that killed 8 Christians were planned, not spontaneousISLAMABAD — An independent Pakistani human rights commission said Tuesday that rioting that killed eight Christians last week was not spontaneous but planned by the attackers, some of whom belong to an al-Qaida-linked group. Official says more than 200 people questioned in attack that killed 8 Pakistani ChristiansISLAMABAD — Police questioned more than 200 people to determine if rioting that killed eight Christians was spontaneous or planned by a militant group, a Pakistani official said Tuesday. ‘We always live in fear’: Deaths of Christians shows fragile existence of Pakistani minoritiesGOJRA, Pakistan — Almas Hameed grabbed his 7-year-old daughter and stumbled out of their smoke-filled home as she pleaded in vain to bring her pet parrots. His wife, father and two other children did not survive. Pakistani Christians say they are shutting schools for 3 days to mourn weekend killingsISLAMABAD — Pakistani Christians were closing their schools across the country for three days starting Monday to protest the killings of eight members of their community by Muslims, violence that drew condemnation from Pope Benedict XVI. Paramilitary troops patrol Pakistani city after Muslim attacks on Christians leave 8 deadLAHORE, Pakistan — Paramilitary troops patrolled the streets of an eastern Pakistani city on Sunday after eight Christians died in riots led by Muslims, according to police. Cabinet minister says Muslims kill 6 Christians in rioting in eastern PakistanISLAMABAD — Hundreds of rioting Muslims attacked Christians in eastern Pakistan on Saturday, burning and looting homes in a rampage that killed six Christians, including a child, and wounded 10 others in the latest violence against minorities in the conservative Muslim country. Cabinet minister says Muslim extremists kill 6 Christians in rioting in eastern PakistanISLAMABAD — A cabinet minister says Muslim extremists have killed six people from the minority Christian community during riots in eastern Pakistan after allegations a Quran was defaced. Pakistan arrests member of al-Qaida-linked group believed involved in Daniel Pearl’s killingISLAMABAD — Police officials said Saturday they had arrested a member of an outlawed, al-Qaida-linked group that was suspected of involvement in the 2002 beheading of Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl. Pakistan arrests member of al-Qaida-linked group believed responsible for suicide bombingsISLAMABAD — Police officials say authorities have arrested a member of an al-Qaida-linked group believed responsible for several suicide bombings, including one that targeted a bus of Pakistan’s spy agency. Pakistan’s top court rules Musharraf’s 2007 declaration of emergency rule was unconstitutionalISLAMABAD — Pakistan’s Supreme Court ruled Friday that the state of emergency former President Pervez Musharraf imposed in 2007 was unconstitutional and declared invalid the appointments of judges he made during that period. State media: Pakistan’s top court rules Musharraf’s 2007 emergency rule unconstitutionalISLAMABAD — Pakistan’s Supreme Court ruled Friday that former President Pervez Musharraf’s imposition of emergency rule in 2007 was unconstitutional, state and private media outlets reported. UN scales back operation in Pakistan’s Baluchistan region after threat by separatist groupISLAMABAD — The United Nations said Thursday it has scaled back operations in Baluchistan province after a threat made by separatists who kidnapped an American aid worker earlier this year — adding to Pakistan’s security woes. Pakistan’s ex-President Musharraf ignores summons, skips court hearing on misrule allegationsISLAMABAD — Pakistan’s former President Pervez Musharraf is ignoring a summons to appear before the country’s top court to explain his 2007 declaration of a state of emergency and the firing of several dozen judges. Bomb blast outside court kills 2, wounds 4 in northwestern PakistanDERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan — A bomb ripped through the parking area at a court in northwestern Pakistan on Wednesday, killing two men guarding a Shiite Muslim lawyer, authorities said. Police say bomb blast at court kills 2, wounds 4 in northwest PakistanDERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan — Police say a bomb has ripped through the parking area at a court in northwest Pakistan, killing two men guarding a Shiite Muslim lawyer and wounding four people. Pakistan security forces rescue children forcibly recruited by TalibanISLAMABAD — Security forces have rescued several children forcibly recruited by the Taliban, allegedly to be used as fighters or suicide bombers, and there could be hundreds more of them, officials said Tuesday. Officials say suicide attack on checkpoint kills 2 police in Pakistan’s North Waziristan areaMIR ALI, Pakistan — A suicide car bomber rammed his vehicle into a checkpoint in Pakistan’s North Waziristan tribal region Tuesday, causing an explosion that killed two police and wounded five other security officials, authorities said. |
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DERA ISMAIL KHAN — Three Pakistani intelligence officials say that Pakistan’s Taliban chief has been killed in a CIA missile strike and his body buried. But one of the three says no intelligence agent has actually seen the body.
