ISLAMABAD (AFP) - At least 22 militants, including two senior commanders, were killed late Friday in an airstrike by military in the troubled northwest Swat valley, a senior security official told AFP. Troops backed by helicopter gunships
HANGU - At least 16 Taliban militants were killed and several others were arrested during an encounter with the police force in Dawaba area of Hangu District on Friday. The killed persons, according to officials, included two alleged
Pakistani troops killed 20 Taliban militants Friday in operations in Hangu, a day after a double suicide bombing killed 64 people at a major arms factory, officials said. Pakistan's shaky coalition government is struggling with an upsurge
