Oct 12 2008 - Washington Times
DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan (AP) – A suspected U.S. missile strike killed five tribesmen in a Pakistani town close to the Afghan border, the latest in a series of attacks in a region where top al Qaeda leaders are believed to be living, two intelligence officials said.
Nov 19 2008 - Washington Times
BRUSSELS, BELGIUM (AP) – Pakistan's army chief urged NATO commanders to focus on winning the population's backing in areas bordering Afghanistan to prevent Taliban and al–Qaida militants from using them as safe havens, an alliance official said Wednesday
Nov 01 2008 - Seattle PI
DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan –– Suspected U.S. missiles slammed into two villages close to the Afghan border Friday, killing 27 people including an Arab al–Qaida operative and other foreign militants, intelligence officials said.
Oct 27 2008 - Washington Times
DERA ISMAIL KHAN, PAKISTAN (AP) – A suspected U.S. missile strike killed up to 20 people in northwestern Pakistan on Monday, officials said, the latest salvo in an intensifying assault on militant hide–outs near the Afghan border.
Oct 25 2008 - Seattle PI
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan –– U.S. Special Forces have begun teaching a Pakistani paramilitary unit how to fight the Taliban and al–Qaida, hoping to strengthen a key front–line force as violence surges on both sides of the border with Afghanistan.
Oct 23 2008 - Washington Times
ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN (AP) – Suspected U.S. missiles struck a religious school linked to the Taliban on Thursday, killing nine people in the lawless border region where al–Qaida and its Taliban allies are believed to plot attacks on American and NATO forces in Afghanistan.
Oct 14 2008 - San Francisco Chronicle
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) ––Clashes between Taliban militants and pro–government forces killed 51 people as fighting spread across Pakistan's volatile northwest tribal regions along the Afghan border, officials said Monday.
Oct 10 2008 - Washington Times
ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN (AP) – U.S. missile attacks on suspected militants in Pakistan's northwest near Afghanistan are undermining the war on terror and "helping the terrorists," the Muslim nation's Foreign Ministry said Friday.
Oct 07 2008 - Washington Times
ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN (AP) – Afghan refugees were flowing over the border from a Pakistani battle zone Tuesday after officials accused them of links with Taliban militants and ordered them out, police said.
Oct 04 2008 - Washington Times
DERA ISMAIL KHAN, PAKISTAN (AP) – Militants on Saturday buried the bodies of Arab comrades who were among at least 20 people killed when suspected U.S. missiles hit a house near the Afghan border, Pakistani officials said.
Sep 26 2008 - Seattle PI
KABUL, Afghanistan –– Pakistani soldiers fired at American reconnaissance helicopters that were escorting Afghan and U.S. ground troops along the volatile border Thursday, sparking a five–minute ground battle between the countries that have been allies in the war on terrorism, officials said.
Sep 25 2008 - Washington Times
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) – NATO says Pakistani troops fired at their helicopters patrolling eastern Afghanistan, but no damage is reported.
Sep 24 2008 - Washington Times
ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN (AP) – The Pakistani army said Wednesday it found the wreckage of a suspected U.S. spy plane near the Afghan border, but denied claims that it had been shot down.
Sep 22 2008 - Washington Times
DERA ISMAIL KHAN, PAKISTAN (AP) – Pakistani troops and tribesmen opened fire on two U.S. helicopters that crossed into the country from neighboring Afghanistan, intelligence officials said Monday.
Sep 17 2008 - Washington Times
Trying to mend strained relations with Pakistan and still pursue al Qaeda, Adm. Michael G. Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, met with top Pakistani government and military officials Tuesday to discuss a new strategic agreement governing U.S. military action along the volatile Afghanistan–Pakistan border, a senior Pakistani official said.
Sep 17 2008 - San Francisco Chronicle
DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan (AP) ––Pakistani intelligence officials are reporting a suspected U.S. missile strike on a militant stronghold near the Afghan border.
Sep 16 2008 - Washington Times
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) –– Pakistan's military has ordered its forces to open fire if U.S. troops launch another air or ground raid across the Afghan border, an army spokesman said Tuesday.
Sep 15 2008 - Washington Times
ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN (AP) – Pakistani troops backed by helicopter gunships and fighter jets killed 15 suspected militants Monday as security forces advanced on Taliban strongholds near the Afghan border, an official said.
Sep 13 2008 - Washington Times
ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN (AP) – Pakistan is backing off suggestions it might confront U.S. troops making raids into its territory in search of Islamic militants, saying Saturday it will deal diplomatically with Washington over the stepped–up tactics.
Sep 12 2008 - Seattle PI
WASHINGTON –– President Bush has secretly approved U.S. military raids inside anti–terrorist ally Pakistan, according to current and former U.S. officials. The high–risk gambit prizes the death or capture of al–Qaida and Taliban extremists over the sensitivities of a shaky U.S.–backed civilian government that does not want to seem like Washington's lapdog.
