DefenceTalkAt least 50 militants were killed and their ammunition dump destroyed Monday in air strikes on hideouts in northwest Pakistan near the Afghan border, the military said. The strikes targeted hideouts in the Gharlamai and Shawal areas of the lawless North Waziristan tribal region, where the army has been waging an offensive against Taliban militants […]https://www.defencetalk.com/pakistan-air-strikes-kill-50-militants-in-tribal-area-military-65035/

DefenceTalkPakistani air strikes on Sunday killed 23 militants including foreigners in the country’s restive tribal regions near the Afghan border, the military said, part of a major ongoing operation against the Taliban. The attacks took place in areas close to the border with Afghanistan in Khyber and North Waziristan tribal districts. “(A) huge ammunition dump […]https://www.defencetalk.com/pakistan-military-says-23-militants-killed-in-air-strikes-64732/

DefenceTalkPakistan’s military said Saturday it had killed more than 2,700 militants since the launch of a major offensive near the Afghan border a year ago, with the latest air strikes leaving 20 dead. The raid Saturday took place near the Datta Khel area in North Waziristan tribal region. “At least 20 terrorists were killed in […]https://www.defencetalk.com/pakistan-military-2763-militants-killed-in-one-year-offensive-64490/

DefenceTalkPakistan’s military said it killed 34 militants Wednesday in air strikes on a tribal region near the Afghan border as part of a major offensive against insurgents that began last year. The Taliban and Lashkar-e-Islam militant groups are based in Khyber, one of seven autonomous tribal districts along Pakistan’s western border, which became a hideout […]https://www.defencetalk.com/pakistan-kills-34-militants-in-air-strikes-military-63597/

DefenceTalkPakistan’s military said it killed 25 militants in air strikes on tribal regions near the Afghan border Wednesday as part of a major offensive against the Taliban and other insurgents. The strikes took place in the Sanzila area of South Waziristan and Tirah in Khyber, the military said in a statement. “In precise aerial strikes, […]https://www.defencetalk.com/pakistan-military-says-25-militants-killed-in-air-strikes-62652/

DefenceTalkThe Taliban insurgency may still be raging but the poor state of the economy could pose a bigger threat to Afghanistan’s long-term viability, and huge mineral reserves are unlikely to offer a quick fix. In Kabul’s Sarayee Shahzada market, moneychangers wave thick bundles of Afghanis, dollars, rupees and dirhams, but the customers are not packing […]https://www.defencetalk.com/afghanistan-faces-economic-timebomb-as-nato-war-ends-61234/

DefenceTalkPakistan’s army chief is holding talks with top US generals and officials this week in the first visit to the United States by the country’s powerful military commander in four years, officials said Monday. General Raheel Sharif’s trip comes against the backdrop of improved relations between the two governments with Washington encouraged by Pakistan’s offensive […]https://www.defencetalk.com/pakistani-army-chief-in-first-us-visit-61032/

DefenceTalkPakistan’s military Tuesday said it had killed 28 militants in air strikes in the restive tribal region near the Afghan border, a region where it has been battling Islamist groups for more than a decade. The strikes, that also killed a number of foreign fighters, took place on Tuesday in Dattakhel area of North Waziristan […]https://www.defencetalk.com/pakistan-air-strikes-kill-28-militants-60801/

DefenceTalkPakistani air strikes killed at least 21 militants Sunday in attacks on their hideouts in a restive northwestern tribal areas bordering Afghanistan, officials said. The attacks were launched in the Kuki Khel area of the Khyber tribal district, where the Taliban and another banned Islamist group, Lashkar-e-Islam, have taken refuge. “In precision air strikes, at […]https://www.defencetalk.com/pakistani-air-strikes-kill-21-militants-officials-60747/

DefenceTalkPakistan’s military on Friday said it killed 15 insurgents in air strikes in a restive tribal district near the Afghan border, a region where it has been battling Islamist groups for more than a decade. “Three terrorist hideouts were destroyed and 15 terrorists were killed in effective and precise aerial strikes early Friday morning in […]https://www.defencetalk.com/pakistan-air-strikes-kill-15-militants-60665/