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  Zawahiri death: Airspace, intelligence - Two ways how Pakistan may have helped US in drone strike

  World | August 04, 2022 12:30 IST

  Zawahiri death: Some US media reports said the drone was possibly launched from an airbase in Kyrgyzstan. The reports claimed that the attack was launched from Ganci Airbase.

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  Afghanistan survivors of US drone strike: Sorry 'is not enough'

  India | September 18, 2021 20:01 IST

  The drone strike followed a devastating suicide bombing by the Islamic State group — a rival of the Taliban — that killed 169 Afghans and 13 U.S. military personnel at one of the gates to the Kabul airport. For days, desperate Afghans had swarmed the checkpoints outside the airport, trying to leave the country amid the chaotic U.S. and NATO troops pullout, fearing for their future under the Taliban.

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  US says drone strike killed 2 Islamic State militants; may have also caused civilian casualties

  World | August 30, 2021 8:12 IST

  A US official said the drone fired a Hellfire missile at a vehicle in a compound between two buildings when individuals were seen loading explosives into the trunk.

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  Pakistan Taliban commander killed in US drone strike near Afghan border

  World | February 09, 2018 17:08 IST

  The deputy chief of the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), Khan Saeed Mehsud alias Khalid Sajna, was killed in the Thursday night drone strike along with three others.

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  Hafiz Saeed condemns 'unilateral' US drone strike in Pakistan

  News | January 25, 2018 11:40 IST

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  Three Haqqani network militants killed in US drone strike in Pakistan

  News | January 24, 2018 16:08 IST

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  Four killed in US drone strike in Pakistan

  World | January 19, 2015 13:52 IST

  Islamabad: At least four people were killed Monday in a drone strike in northwestern Pakistan's tribal region, media reported.More casualties were feared in the attack that targetted a compound in the Shahi Khel area of

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  Top TTP commander among 10 killed in US drone strike in Pak

  World | January 04, 2015 23:42 IST

  Islamabad: At least 10 militants, including a top Taliban commander, were killed today in a US drone strike in Pakistan's restive North Waziristan tribal region near the Afghan border, the first such attack this year

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  Over 80 Yazidis killed in Iraq

  World | August 16, 2014 17:32 IST

  Baghdad: Islamic State (IS) militants have massacred at least 80 men from the Yazidi faith and abducted women and children in a village in northern Iraq, a media report said Saturday.Senior Kurdish leader Hoshyar Zebari

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  US drone strike kills four Al Qaeda members in Yemen

  World | June 05, 2014 6:54 IST

  Sanaa: At least four members of the Yemen-based Al Qaeda offshoot were killed when a US drone bombed their vehicle in the central province of Marib on Wednesday evening, a security official said."The unmanned US

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  US drone strike in Pakistan kills 3 militants

  World | December 26, 2013 17:57 IST

  Islamabad: A suspected American drone fired two missiles at a home in a northwestern tribal region of Pakistan bordering Afghanistan, killing at least three foreign militants, Pakistani intelligence officials said Thursday.The U.S. authorities often target

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  US drone strike kills 3 al-Qaida suspects in Yemen

  World | December 09, 2013 22:06 IST

  Yemen: A Yemeni security official says a U.S. drone strike in southern Yemen has killed three al-Qaida suspects.The official says Monday's strike hit the suspects' moving vehicle in Hadramawt province and set it on fire.The

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  Pakistan PM Sharif opposes US drone strikes

  World | November 22, 2013 17:48 IST

  Islamabad: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif today expressed deep concern over a drone strike that killed six persons, including commanders of the Haqqani network, and said Pakistan had conveyed its opposition to the attacks to the

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  8 killed in rare drone strike outside Pakistan's tribal areas

  World | November 21, 2013 16:40 IST

  Islamabad: At least eight persons, including three Haqqani network commanders, were killed today in a rare US drone strike outside Pakistan's tribal belt, just a day after a top official said the US had agreed

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  Five killed in US drone strike in Pakistan

  World | November 21, 2013 8:46 IST

  Islamabad : At least five people were killed and four injured in the US drone strike Thursday at a religious school in Pakistan's tribal area of North Waziristan, Xinhua reported.The timing of the drone strike,

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  Contacts with Taliban broken after US drone strike: Pakistan

  World | November 12, 2013 6:41 IST

  Islamabad: Pakistan government admitted Monday that its all contacts with the Taliban were broken following the recent killing of the militant organisation's chief in a US drone attack.Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan told Pakistan

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  Pakistan PM to hold meeting on US ties

  World | November 03, 2013 14:19 IST

  Islamabad: Pakistan's Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif will preside over an important meeting later Sunday to discuss his country's relationship with the US following the drone strike which killed Taliban chief Hakimullah Mehsud, officials said.Pakistani officials

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  Senior Haqqani network leader killed in US drone strike

  World | September 06, 2013 17:52 IST

  Peshawar:  A senior leader of the Haqqani network was among six militants killed when a US drone targeted a compound in Pakistan's lawless North Waziristan tribal region, officials said today.Mullah Sangeen Zadran, described by the

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  Six killed in US drone strike in Pakistan

  World | July 28, 2013 23:35 IST

  Islamabad, July 28: At least six people were killed and several others injured in a US drone strike launched late Sunday night in Pakistan's northwest tribal area of North Waziristan, reported local Urdu TV channel

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  Pakistan to devise policy on US drone strike

  World | May 31, 2013 18:22 IST

  Islamabad, May 31: Pakistan Muslim League (PML-N) party, which will form the new government, has decided to devise a national policy on the US drone attacks, a leader said.Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan told the media