Pakistani warplanes strike Taliban positions, killing at least 12 militants in NWPESHAWAR, Pakistan — Pakistani warplanes and helicopter gunships pounded Taliban positions in the country’s volatile northwest on Saturday, killing at least 12 suspected insurgents, security officials said, as the government kept up pressure on Islamist militants along the Afghan border. Officials say 12 tribesmen, 4 Taliban killed in clashes in restive northwest PakistanPESHAWAR, Pakistan — Clashes between tribesmen and Taliban militants left 16 people dead in Pakistan’s northwest on Saturday, officials said, in the latest violence between pro-government tribal militias and insurgents. Officials: 12 tribesmen, 4 Taliban militants killed in clashes in restive northwest PakistanPESHAWAR, Pakistan — Clashes between tribesmen and Taliban militants left 16 people dead in Pakistan’s northwest on Saturday, officials said, in the latest violence between pro-government tribal militias and insurgents. Bombings ahead of US withdrawal from cities make June deadliest month for Iraqis this yearBAGHDAD — At least 447 Iraqi civilians were killed in June, double the toll from the previous month, according to an Associated Press tally, as insurgents took aim at crowded areas to maximize the number of casualties. Iran’s Basij militia asks for investigation into opposition leader’s role in street protestsEDITOR’S NOTE: Iranian authorities have barred journalists for international news organizations from reporting on the streets and ordered them to stay in their offices. This report is based on the accounts of witnesses reached in Iran and official statements carried on Iranian media. Afghan minister calls for disbanding of private security forces after killing of police chiefKANDAHAR, Afghanistan — Afghanistan’s interior minister called Tuesday for the disbanding of private security forces after a group of guards that has worked for the U.S. military was involved in the killing of a provincial police chief in the country’s south. Police and security forces kill at least 20 militants in latest anti-Taliban operationsISLAMABAD — Pakistani security forces raided a Taliban hideout in the southern city of Karachi Saturday and pounded suspected militant training camps in the northwest, killing at least 20 people and underscoring the nationwide challenge of eradicating insurgents. Latest clashes in Pakistan leave more 30 dead, including 7 killed by civilian militiaISLAMABAD — Military jets and artillery pounded suspected militant hide-outs in two towns in Pakistan’s northwest on Sunday, killing 27 fighters, officials said. Elsewhere in the volatile region, a citizens’ militia killed seven suspected militants. Police say 7 militants killed by citizens militia in northwest PakistanISLAMABAD — A citizens’ militia trying to drive out the Taliban killed seven militants in a two-hour clash in Pakistan’s troubled northwest, police said Sunday, as the president claimed the entire country backs the battle against the extremists. Tehran protesters clash with police after warning of ‘bloodshed’ from country’s supreme leaderTEHRAN, Iran — Thousands of protesters defied Iran’s highest authority Saturday and marched on waiting security forces that fought back with baton charges, tear gas and water cannons as the crisis over disputed elections lurched into volatile new ground. Feared Basij militia could turn Iran’s post-election showdown into all-out street fightCAIRO — They’re the most feared men on the streets of Iran. Iran’s leader warns opposition: End street protests or be accountable for ‘bloodshed’TEHRAN, Iran — Iran’s supreme leader sought to end the deepening crisis over disputed elections with one decisive speech — declaring the vote will almost certainly stand and sternly warning opposition leaders to end street protests or be held responsible for any “bloodshed and chaos” to come. Hundreds of thousands rally in Tehran to mourn dead, defy Iran’s highest powerTEHRAN, Iran — Hundreds of thousands of protesters wearing black and carrying candles filled the streets of Tehran again Thursday, joining opposition leader Mir Hossein Mousavi to mourn demonstrators killed in clashes over Iran’s disputed election. Many thousands of protesters rally in Tehran to mourn dead, defying Iran’s highest powerTEHRAN, Iran — Tens of thousands of protesters wearing black and carrying candles filled the streets of Tehran again Thursday, joining opposition leader Mir Hossein Mousavi to mourn demonstrators killed in clashes over Iran’s disputed election. Turning the tables: Pakistan to recruit Taliban’s victims as cops to keep out the militantsPESHAWAR, Pakistan — Civilians who lived under the Taliban’s harsh rule in Pakistan’s Swat Valley may soon be recruited to police the region — with preference going to those hit hardest during the militants’ two-year campaign of terror, a top official says. AP photographer sees militia fire at pro-reform crowds after massive march, 1 deadTEHRAN, Iran — Gunmen have fired on opposition protesters at a massive march over alleged election fraud, killing at least one person. Suicide blast destroys luxury Pakistan hotel, aid workers among at least 9 deadPESHAWAR, Pakistan — Investigators searched a wrecked luxury hotel in northwestern Pakistan for evidence Wednesday after a deadly suicide bombing the U.N. condemned as a “heinous terrorist attack.” Suicide attackers detonate truck bomb outside luxury hotel in Pakistan, killing at least 11PESHAWAR, Pakistan — Suicide attackers shot their way past guards and set off a massive blast outside a luxury hotel where foreigners and well-to-do Pakistanis mixed, killing at least 11 people and wounding 70, officials said. Suicide bombers strike luxury hotel in Pakistan; at least 11 killed, 70 woundedPESHAWAR, Pakistan — Suicide attackers shot their way past guards and set off a massive blast outside a luxury hotel where foreigners and well-to-do Pakistanis mixed, killing at least 11 people and wounding 70, officials said. Police say Pakistani army joins citizens fighting Taliban in NW, sends helicopter gunshipsISLAMABAD — Pakistan’s military has dispatched helicopter gunships to the volatile northwest in support of thousands of angry tribesmen who have laid siege to a group of Taliban fighters, police said Tuesday. US frees Iraqi Shiite militant accused of killing of 5 American soldiers, say officialsBAGHDAD — The U.S. military has released a Shiite militant accused of being involved in one of the most brazen attacks of the war that killed five American soldiers in 2007, the Iraqi government said Tuesday. Taliban try to run, find themselves cornered in northwest Pakistan by locals angry over attackISLAMABAD — A group of Taliban fighters under siege by hundreds of angry tribesmen tried to sneak to another village in northwest Pakistan, only to find themselves cornered there too, an official said Tuesday. Tribesmen take on Taliban in Pakistan as rift emerges within militant leadershipPESHAWAR, Pakistan — Pakistani tribesmen seeking revenge for a deadly mosque bombing attacked militant strongholds for a third day Monday, while the country’s Taliban leader faced rare denunciation from within insurgent ranks. Pakistani tribesmen lay siege to Taliban strongholds to avenge deadly mosque blastPESHAWAR, Pakistan — Pakistani tribesmen avenging a mosque attack surrounded two militant strongholds and destroyed the homes of some Taliban commanders, an official said Monday as the death toll in the fighting hit 13. Official: Furious over mosque attack, Pakistanis in northwest kill 11 TalibanISLAMABAD — Hundreds of Pakistanis banded together and attacked Taliban strongholds in a troubled northwestern region, killing 11 militants, to avenge a deadly suicide bombing at a local mosque, officials said Sunday. Official: Furious over mosque attack, Pakistanis in northwest attack TalibanISLAMABAD — Hundreds of Pakistanis banded together and attacked Taliban strongholds in a troubled northwestern region to avenge a deadly suicide bombing at a local mosque, a top government official said Sunday. Booming cocaine trade fortifies revived Peruvian rebels, stymies military offensiveUNION MANTARO, Peru — The last town on a rutted dirt road in Peru’s most prolific cocaine-producing highland valley, Union Mantaro has no police post, no church and no health clinic. Its 600 people lack running water and electricity. Turkey says anti-rebel militia could be reformed after massacreISTANBUL — Turkey said Thursday that it could reform a village militia that helps to fight Kurdish rebels following an attack on an engagement ceremony in which 44 people were killed by gunmen, including state-backed militiamen. Iraqi officials say anti-insurgent Sunni leaders detained for past violence against US forcesBAGHDAD — A Sunni militia leader who took up arms against insurgents now faces charges linked to bloodshed before joining the U.S.-led battle — setting up another potential showdown over how to sort out the messy histories for thousands of tribal fighters who went from enemies to allies. Iraq’s Shiites ravaged by blasts but hold back on retaliationBAGHDAD — The anger in Baghdad’s main Shiite district was raw and restless after twin car bombings took more than 50 lives earlier this week. But the true measure of the rage — in Iraqi terms — came the following morning: Morgues and streets were not full of Sunnis killed in payback violence. |
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