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 2008
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| Jan.6 |
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Peace brokers killed |
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| Jan.16 |
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Militants overrun fort  Map of South Waziristan West Pakistan| Hundreds of militants have overrun a paramilitary fort in north-west Pakistan, killing or kidnapping many troops | |
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Militants abandon fort |
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| Jan.18 |
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Scores dead in gunbattles |
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| Jan.19 |
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Teen 'Bhutto assassin' arrested
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| Jan.24 |
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Violence flares on Pakistani frontier
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| Jan.28 |
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School siege ends peacefully
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| Jan.31 |
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 CIA kills top al Qaeda terrorist  Abu Laith al-Libi, as a senior al Qaeda leader believed to have executed attacks against U.S., a wanted terrorist, was killed by an airstrik...
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| Feb.6 |
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Army 'copter crash kills 8
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| Feb.9 |
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Blast at election rally At least 18 people have died after a powerful explosion hit an opposition rally in north-western Pakistan
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| Feb.10 |
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Blast toll rises to 27 The death toll in the bombing of a political gathering has risen to 27 with more than 50 people wounded in the attack
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| Feb.16 |
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 Car bomb kills 37 ahead of vote Map of Parachinar Pakistan A bomb killed 37 people and wounded 93 in northern Pakistan when it exploded in front of an election office of the Pakistan People's Party
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| Feb.28 |
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U.S. denies firing missile that killed 8
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| Feb.29 |
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30 killed in funeral blast An explosion at the funeral of a district police officer killed earlier in the day killed 30 people and injured between 50 and 55
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| Mar.16 |
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Border strike 'kills 16' At least 16 people have been killed in a missile strike on a building near northern border with Afghanistan in the South Waziristan region
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| Apr.17 |
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Al Qaeda still in tribal areas
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| Apr.25 |
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Blast ends lull in violence Map of Mardan West Pakistan An explosion has rocked a police station in Mardan near the border with Afghanistan
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| Jun.11 |
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 U.S.-led troops behind border deaths| Pakistan has expressed outrage at an airstrike in a disputed region along the Afghan border which it says killed 11 of its forces | |
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| Jun.28 |
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 Pakistan launches Taliban offensive Map of Peshawar NW Pakistan Pakistan launched the biggest military push against militants in northwestern tribal region since a civilian government took power in March
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| Jul.28 |
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Al-Qaeda chemical expert 'killed'
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| Aug.3 |
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Al Qaeda: Weapons expert among dead
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| Aug.6 |
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Troops 'kill 25 rebels'
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| Aug.12 |
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2nd assembly urges Musharraf to resign
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| Aug.22 |
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Bomber attacks police
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| Aug.24 |
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Zardari: Taliban winning war
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| Aug.25 |
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10 killed as politician targeted
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| Sep.3 |
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 U.S. troops attack in Pakistan Map of South Waziristan West Pakistan| A senior U.S. official: U.S. military forces landed at a compound to battle targets linked to recent attacks on U.S. troops in Afghanistan | |
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| Sep.9 |
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Guard: Al Qaeda chief in Pakistan killed
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| Sep.13 |
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Taliban seize government office
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| Sep.16 |
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Pakistan orders troops to repel U.S. raids
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| Sep.21 |
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 Pakistan to target rebel hotspots The government has pledged to take targeted action against militants near the Afghan border, a day after a suicide bomb killed 53 people
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| Sep.22 |
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Pakistan troops 'repel US raid'| Pakistani troops have fired warning shots at two US helicopters forcing them back into Afghanistan | |
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| Sep.25 |
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Shots fired in US-Pakistan clash
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| Sep.29 |
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Pakistanis flee into Afghanistan
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| Sep.30 |
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Several killed in US drone attack
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| Oct.3 |
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Missile kills at least 20 in tribal region
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| Oct.5 |
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Rockets miss politician's home
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| Oct.9 |
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Bomb hits school bus
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| Oct.10 |
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Suicide attack on tribal gathering kills 18
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| Oct.12 |
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Suspected U.S. strike kills 4 Map of North Waziristan West Pakistan A suspected U.S. missile strike killed 4 people and wounded 2 others in Pakistan's tumultuous North Waziristan region
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| Oct.27 |
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US missile strike has killed up to 20 people Map of South Waziristan West Pakistan Pakistani intelligence officials claim that the strike in South Waziristan has killed up to twenty people
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| Nov.1 |
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Strong aftershock measuring 5.0 Aftershock hits southwestern Pakistan 3 days after it was struck by a 6.4 magnitude earthquake
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| Nov.6 |
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15 militants killed in airstrike An airstrike killed 15 militants in the semiautonomous Bajur region, while two rockets landed near the region's main airport
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Suicide attacks kill 24
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| Nov.12 |
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Iranian diplomat kidnapped
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| Nov.21 |
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 UK militant 'killed in Pakistan' A fugitive British militant Rashid Rauf seen as a key link between al-Qaeda and a UK plot to blow up transatlantic airliners has been killed
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| Nov.22 |
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Suspected U.S. drone kills 4
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| Nov.29 |
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Suspected U.S. missile kills 3 in Pakistan
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| Dec.5 |
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Peshawar hit by deadly blast Map of Peshawar NW Pakistan| At least 16 people have been killed and some 70 injured in a heavily populated area outside a Shia mosque and near the central bazaar | |
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| Dec.7 |
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 Militant attack burns NATO containers Dozens of containers, holding supplies for troops in Afghanistan, burned after militants attacked a freight terminal
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| Dec.13 |
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Taliban renew attack on NATO cargo Militants staged another attack against cargo terminals, destroying NATO supplies bound for neighboring Afghanistan
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| Dec.28 |
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Many dead in bomb blast At least 30 people have died in the district of Buner, north-western Pakistan, in a car bomb attack at a school being used as a polling stat...
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| Dec.29 |
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  Pakistan suspends Afghan supplies Pakistan has suspended supplies to US and Nato forces via the Khyber Pass to begin operations against militants in the area
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