Terror camps still running in Pak tribal areas: US

Last Updated: Thursday, July 8, 2010, 11:22

US prosecutors claim Qaeda is still running terrorist training camps in Pak.

Scheme to increase greenery in tribal areas of MP

Last Updated: Sunday, July 4, 2010, 17:52

The Madhya Pradesh government will soon launch a scheme to increase greenery in tribal-dominated districts in the state.

Osama is hiding in tribal areas of Pakistan: CIA

Last Updated: Sunday, June 27, 2010, 23:32

The world`s most wanted terrorist Osama bin Laden is hiding in Pakistan`s rugged tribal areas, CIA chief Leon Panetta said.

Pak to launch USD 40 million farm project in tribal areas

Last Updated: Wednesday, June 16, 2010, 16:54

The Pakistan government plans to launch a "Mechanized Agriculture Farming Project" at an estimated cost of USD 40 million in militancy-hit tribal belt to ensure food security for the people.

Troops kill fifteen militants in Pak tribal areas: Army

Last Updated: Friday, January 29, 2010, 20:56

Fifteen people, most of them Taliban fighters, were killed in clashes with security forces in Pakistan’s tribal belt bordering Afghanistan, authorities said on Friday.

US special forces conducting ops inside Pakistan: Report

Last Updated: Wednesday, December 23, 2009, 14:26

American Special Forces have conducted multiple clandestine raids into Pakistan`s tribal areas as part of a secret war in the border region, according to reports.

UN pulls out staff from NWFP and tribal areas in Pak

Last Updated: Monday, November 2, 2009, 13:06

Citing "intense security situation" in the region, the United Nations on Monday announced that it was pulling out all but essential international staff from Pakistan’s northwest and tribal areas.

Tribal push needed to quash Taliban in Pakistan: Analysts

Last Updated: Thursday, October 1, 2009, 12:53

Pakistan may be buoyed by a push against the Taliban in Swat, but a warning has been sounded that the Islamist threat cannot be quashed without a determined assault against militants entrenched in the tribal belt.

Drought-hit tribal areas to get funds from Centre: Bhuria

Last Updated: Sunday, September 20, 2009, 18:48

Union Tribal Affairs Minister Kantilal Bhuria on Sunday said that the Centre will provide adequate funds and food grains in the tribal areas across the country, if needed due to scanty rains.

Al-Qaeda says Pak offensive in tribal areas is "doomed"

Last Updated: Friday, August 28, 2009, 18:30

Osama bin Laden`s deputy Ayman-al-Zawahri on Friday said that Pakistan military`s offensive in the Swat valley was "doomed to failure" and described it as part of "US crusade" to divide the Islamic country.

Al Qaeda No 2 urges support in Pak tribal areas

Last Updated: Friday, August 28, 2009, 14:09

Al Qaeda`s number two Ayman Zawahiri called on Thursday on Pakistanis to support jihadists in the country`s tribal areas, saying it was "the" battle against the American "crusaders”, said the US-based SITE Intelligence group.

Pak Prez announces political, legal reforms in tribal areas

Last Updated: Friday, August 14, 2009, 12:59

Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari has announced political and judicial reforms in the northwestern tribal region during a special function on the eve of Pakistan`s 63rd Independence Day.