British troops launch anti-Taliban op in Helmand

Last Updated: Friday, July 30, 2010, 21:48

British and Afghan troops on Friday launched a military operation to secure a transport route in Afghanistan`s southern province of Helmand, one of the most volatile theatres of the nine-year war.

`Afghan wedding attacks aimed at anti-Taliban guests`

Last Updated: Friday, June 11, 2010, 11:55

The blast had ripped through a wedding celebration in an Afghan village.

Need to give credit to anti-Taliban ops in Pak: Petraeus

Last Updated: Thursday, May 13, 2010, 12:07

General Petraeus said Pakistani military went after Taliban effectively last year in northwest territories.

NATO rockets miss target, kill 12 Afghan civilians

Last Updated: Sunday, February 14, 2010, 22:46

Twelve Afghans died Sunday when two rockets fired at insurgents missed their target and struck a house during the second day of NATO`s most ambitious effort yet to break the militants` grip on the country`s dangerous south.

Eight militants killed in Pakistan; Boys` school blown up

Last Updated: Monday, January 18, 2010, 20:59

Eight militants and two anti-Taliban tribesmen were killed on Monday in violence in Pakistan`s restive northwest while three soldiers were injured during search operations in Waziristan tribal region.

Bomb kills 2 anti-Taliban elders in NW Pakistan

Last Updated: Sunday, January 3, 2010, 14:27

A roadside bomb struck a vehicle carrying a group of anti-Taliban tribal elders in Pakistan`s volatile northwest Sunday, killing two and critically wounding four others.

Bomb kills 2 tribesmen in Pak: Police

Last Updated: Sunday, December 6, 2009, 18:22

A bomb blast outside a mosque in Pakistan`s tribal district of Bajaur on Sunday killed two anti-Taliban tribal elders and wounded two others, police and intelligence officials said.

Militants kill 3 anti-Taliban figures: Pakistan

Last Updated: Friday, November 27, 2009, 16:11

A key anti-Taliban tribal leader was assassinated on Friday in a roadside bombing, the latest in a series of attacks against pro-government militias in the Afghan border area of northwestern Pakistan, officials said.

Three militants killed in attempt on anti-Taliban Mayor`s life in Peshawar

Last Updated: Sunday, November 15, 2009, 15:37

Three burqa-clad militants were gunned down on Sunday when bodyguards of a Mayor foiled an attempt by a group of assailants to kill him in the northwestern Pakistani city of Peshawar.

`Ten Afghan soldiers killed in anti-Taliban operations`

Last Updated: Tuesday, October 6, 2009, 13:35

Ten Afghan army soldiers were killed and more than 100 Taliban militants died or were wounded in clashes in southern and eastern Afghanistan, the defence ministry said on Tuesday.