Sailab Mehsud

Taliban bury chief, threaten revenge

LADHA / MIRAMSHAH, Nov 2: The banned Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) on Saturday termed Hakeemullah Mehsud’s ... Published 03 Nov, 2013 07:47am
Prisoners swapped in Waziristan

Prisoners swapped in Waziristan

According to sources, six Taliban prisoners were handed over in exchange for two security personnel. Published 12 Sep, 2013 05:49am

12 militants killed in Waziristan: officials

LADHA, May 3: Fighting broke out between security forces and militants in Ghundai area of South Waziristan early on Friday morning in which each side claimed inflicting heavy causalities on the other Published 04 May, 2013 03:04am

Foreigners among nine killed in drone attack

LADHA, April 17: Nine militants, five of them foreigners, were killed in a US drone attack in Bobar Samal area of South Waziristan tribal region on Wednesday Published 18 Apr, 2013 02:04am

Taliban suspend talks offer

LADHA, March 18: The Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) announced on Monday that it was temporarily suspending its offer for talks because of the government’s ‘non-serious’ attitude. It asked people to stay away Published 18 Mar, 2013 09:00pm

Drone kills TTP’s suicide wing chief

LADDAH, Jan 6: A cousin of the banned Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan’s chief Hakimullah Mehsud was among nine suspected militants killed when US drones attacked compounds in the Bobar area of South Waziristan on Sunday. Published 06 Jan, 2013 09:06pm

Taliban ‘commander’ among four killed in blast

LADHA, Dec 21: Four militants, a key Taliban ‘commander’ among them, were killed and six others injured in a blast in Rustam bazaar of South Waziristan on Friday. Published 21 Dec, 2012 09:04pm

Over 800 Mehsud families seek refuge in Tank, Dera

WANA/TANK, Dec 6: About 850 families of Mehsud tribe have so far left South Waziristan Agency and reached Tank, Dera Ismail Khan and other parts of the country following receiving threats from Ahmedzai Wazirs Published 07 Dec, 2012 03:03am

Mehsud IDPs, militants told to vacate Wazirs’ areas

LADHA, Dec 1: Local Taliban leaders and elders of Ahmadzai Wazir tribe in South Waziristan asked the Mehsud tribesmen on Saturday to leave their territory by Dec 5 and warned that stern action would be taken against them if they failed to comply with the Published 01 Dec, 2012 09:07pm

Mullah Nazir injured, 8 militants killed in blast

LADHA, Nov 29: Pro-government Taliban ‘commander’ Mullah Mohammad Nazir survived a suicide attack in which at least eight people were killed and 18 injured in Wana, the headquarters of South Waziristan tribal region, on Thursday. Published 30 Nov, 2012 12:02am

Chinese among eight kidnapped

LADHA, Aug 15: Eight employees of the Gomal Zam Dam project were kidnapped from Murtaza Goth area along the border between the lawless South Waziristan and Tank district on Wednesday evening. Published 16 Aug, 2012 12:02am