<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>South Waziristan: News &amp; Videos about South Waziristan - CNN.com</title><link>http://topics.edition.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/South_Waziristan</link><description>Find stories, videos, and photos about South Waziristan from CNN.com.</description><language>en-us</language><copyright>Cable News Network LP, LLLP.</copyright><pubDate>Thu, 26 Nov 2009 02:06:37 GMT</pubDate><ttl>5</ttl><image><title>South Waziristan: News &amp; Videos about South Waziristan - CNN.com</title><url>http://i.cdn.turner.com/cnn/.element/img/1.0/logo/cnn.logo.rss.gif</url><link>http://topics.edition.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/South_Waziristan</link><width>144</width><height>33</height><description>Find stories, videos, and photos about South Waziristan from CNN.com.</description></image><item><title>Pakistani military kills 29 militants</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/11/22/pakistan.militants/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/11/22/pakistan.militants/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Pakistani troops killed at least 29 militants in clashes and air strikes in the tribal regions along the border with Afghanistan, military officials told CNN.</description><pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2009 02:24:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Suspected drone kills 8 militants in Pakistan</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/11/20/pakistan.suspected.drones/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/11/20/pakistan.suspected.drones/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>A suspected drone fired two missiles at a house in northwestern Pakistan on Friday morning, killing eight militants and wounding several others, officials said.</description><pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2009 02:06:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Suicide attack kills 19 in Pakistan's Peshawar</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/11/19/pakistan.blast/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/11/19/pakistan.blast/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>A suicide bomber struck Thursday morning outside the gates of a court compound in the heavily guarded administrative heart of the Pakistani city of Peshawar.</description><pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 17:59:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Anti-Taliban government leader killed in Pakistan</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/11/15/pakistan.violence/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/11/15/pakistan.violence/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Violence flared in northwestern Pakistan for a third straight day Sunday as one anti-Taliban government leader was killed and another survived an attack, officials said.</description><pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 06:43:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Pakistan: Suspected drone strike kills 4</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/11/05/pakistan.strike/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/11/05/pakistan.strike/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>A suspected drone strike killed at least four people in a mountainous border region where the Taliban has long operated, Pakistani officials said Thursday.</description><pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 08:14:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Taliban claim 'tactical retreat' in Pakistan</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/11/04/pakistan.taliban/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/11/04/pakistan.taliban/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>A spokesman for Pakistan's Taliban claims the militants are making a tactical withdrawal from their stronghold of South Waziristan, in response to a two-and-a-half week long Pakistani military offensive.</description><pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 16:32:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Pakistan's military claims Taliban stronghold</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/11/03/pakistan.taliban.town/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/11/03/pakistan.taliban.town/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Pakistan's military said Tuesday that its forces have taken over a Taliban stronghold during the ongoing ground offensive in the tribal region of South Waziristan.</description><pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 14:50:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>On the Taliban trail in South Waziristan</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/10/30/pakistan.taliban.land/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/10/30/pakistan.taliban.land/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Take a trip to Pakistan's tribal district of South Waziristan these days and there's no guarantee you won't get hurt, kidnapped or something worse.</description><pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 00:39:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Passport with 9/11 suspect's name found in Pakistan</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/10/29/terror.suspect.passport/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/10/29/terror.suspect.passport/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>A passport bearing the name of Said Bahaji, a suspect linked to the September 11, 2001, attacks on New York and Washington, has been found in a town captured by the Pakistani military.</description><pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 08:33:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Caught in crossfire, civilians flee Waziristan</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/10/29/pakistan.refugees/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/10/29/pakistan.refugees/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>They come trudging up a dirt path in single file, towards a white cricket stadium in the middle of this dusty provincial town.</description><pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 17:59:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Senior officer escapes assassination bid in Pakistan</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/10/27/pakistan.assassination.attempt/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/10/27/pakistan.assassination.attempt/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>The second assassination attempt in a week on a senior Pakistani military officer ended Tuesday in the nation's capital with a narrow escape by the officer.</description><pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 09:54:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Pakistani schools reopen after university bombings</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/10/26/pakistan.schools.bombings/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/10/26/pakistan.schools.bombings/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Public schools reopened in the Pakistani capital Monday almost a week after two suicide bombers attacked a university, prompting authorities to shut down educational institutions across the country.</description><pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2009 15:16:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Pakistan: Troops seize key Taliban village</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/10/24/pakistan.taliban.village/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/10/24/pakistan.taliban.village/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Pakistani troops have seized a key village in the Taliban stronghold of South Waziristan as they stepped up their offensive against militants in the country's northwestern region.</description><pubDate>Sat, 24 Oct 2009 19:30:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Battle rages over Pakistan militant stronghold</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/10/20/pakistan.fighting/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/10/20/pakistan.fighting/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Heavily armed militants put up a fierce fight on Tuesday to protect a Taliban stronghold in South Waziristan, Pakistan's military said.</description><pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2009 16:53:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Petraeus, Kerry visit Pakistan as military battles militants</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/10/19/pakistan.offensive.visit/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/10/19/pakistan.offensive.visit/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>The top U.S. military commander for the Middle East and Central Asia visited Pakistan on Monday as the Pakistani army battled Taliban militants in the country's northwest, U.S. Embassy officials said.</description><pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2009 11:06:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>CNN Student News: Daily Discussion</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/LIVING/studentnews/10/18/discussion.mon/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/LIVING/studentnews/10/18/discussion.mon/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Do you think that the media takes its audience into account when selecting what stories to cover? If so, how? If not, why not?</description><pubDate>Sun, 18 Oct 2009 21:57:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Taliban fighters resist Pakistani assault</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/10/18/pakistan.offensive.militants/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/10/18/pakistan.offensive.militants/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Pakistan's army said Sunday it has killed 60 "terrorists" as it battles to wrest control of part of the country from the Taliban. Five soldiers were killed in the last 24 hours of the assault, the military said.</description><pubDate>Sun, 18 Oct 2009 20:51:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Pakistani forces capture village in Taliban stronghold</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/10/17/pakistan.offensive.militants/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/10/17/pakistan.offensive.militants/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Pakistani soldiers and militants battled Saturday in the country's vast tribal region, with more than a dozen insurgents killed in airstrikes, at least four soldiers slain in skirmishes and a key village seized by troops, the military said.</description><pubDate>Sat, 17 Oct 2009 17:58:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Pakistan faces new wave of Taliban attacks</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/10/16/pakistan.blast/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/10/16/pakistan.blast/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Pakistan's army chief briefed the country's top leaders Friday on the tenuous security situation as the government combats a new wave of attacks believed to have been orchestrated by Taliban militants.</description><pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2009 16:12:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Pakistan attacks militant hideouts</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/10/15/pakistan.airstrikes/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/10/15/pakistan.airstrikes/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Pakistani jet fighters and attack helicopters fired on militant hideouts in South Waziristan, killing more than 20 militants, a senior military official told CNN.</description><pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2009 01:04:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Pakistani jets again strike Taliban targets</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/10/14/pakistan.taliban.airstrike/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/10/14/pakistan.taliban.airstrike/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Pakistani fighter jets bombed a village in South Waziristan on Wednesday, killing at least eight people, said military officials and a local Taliban leader.</description><pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2009 00:45:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Pakistani military jets strike Taliban targets</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/10/13/pakistan.taliban.airstrike/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/10/13/pakistan.taliban.airstrike/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Pakistani military jets bombed Taliban militant hideouts Tuesday in the country's lawless tribal region, a senior military official told CNN.</description><pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2009 16:38:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>41 dead in Pakistan Swat Valley blast</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/10/12/pakistan.blast/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/10/12/pakistan.blast/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>At least 41 people were killed and dozens wounded in a blast Monday at a security forces checkpoint in northwest Pakistan, authorities said.</description><pubDate>Mon, 12 Oct 2009 17:46:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Pakistan arrests suspected mastermind behind U.N. strike</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/10/09/pakistan.islamabad.attack.arrest/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/10/09/pakistan.islamabad.attack.arrest/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>The suspected mastermind of the suicide strike on the offices of the U.N. World Food Programme in Islamabad has been arrested, Pakistan's interior minister said on Friday.</description><pubDate>Mon, 12 Oct 2009 02:06:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Sources: Taliban leader vows revenge for drone attacks</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/10/05/pakistan.taliban.meeting/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/10/05/pakistan.taliban.meeting/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>The new leader of the Pakistani Taliban vowed revenge on Pakistan, the United States and NATO forces for drone attacks along the Afghan border, two local journalists who attended a meeting with him told CNN.</description><pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2009 13:53:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Teen athlete fled Taliban stronghold to pursue dream</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/SPORT/09/21/pakistan.squash.champion/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/SPORT/09/21/pakistan.squash.champion/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>As a little girl, Maria Toor Pakay would beat up boys.</description><pubDate>Tue, 22 Sep 2009 14:13:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Pakistani Taliban deputy reportedly killed</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/08/08/pakistan.taliban.chief/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/08/08/pakistan.taliban.chief/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>A top Pakistani official says the government has information that a leading candidate to replace the Pakistani Taliban leader believed killed recently was shot dead Saturday in a gunfire exchange between supporters of senior Taliban leaders.</description><pubDate>Sun, 09 Aug 2009 02:14:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Taliban 'Radio Mullah' hurt in Pakistan offensive</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/07/08/pakistan.drone/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/07/08/pakistan.drone/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>A key commander of the Pakistani Taliban has been wounded in the ongoing military offensive in northwest Pakistan, a military spokesman said Wednesday.</description><pubDate>Wed, 08 Jul 2009 21:47:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Taliban defector killed in Pakistan</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/06/23/pakistan.unrest/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/06/23/pakistan.unrest/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>A former Taliban commander who recently defected to the government was killed Tuesday morning in northern Pakistan after a gunman fired into a residence where he was sleeping, police said.</description><pubDate>Tue, 23 Jun 2009 20:32:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Suspected drone attack kills at least 5 in Pakistan</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/06/18/pakistan.drone.attack/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/06/18/pakistan.drone.attack/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>A suspected drone strike on Pakistan's border with Afghanistan killed five to seven people Thursday, intelligence sources said.</description><pubDate>Mon, 22 Jun 2009 07:11:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Militants battle Pakistani troops in Waziristan</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/05/31/pakistan.clashes/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/05/31/pakistan.clashes/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Twenty-five militants and six soldiers were killed Saturday night in two separate clashes between security forces and insurgents in Pakistan's tribal region, officials said.</description><pubDate>Mon, 01 Jun 2009 01:30:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Suspected U.S. drone attack kills 9 in Pakistan</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/05/12/pakistan.drone.attack/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/05/12/pakistan.drone.attack/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>A suspected U.S. drone attack on a village in Pakistan's tribal region killed nine people and wounded four others Tuesday morning, a Pakistani intelligence source and a regional official said.</description><pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2009 13:58:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Suspected U.S. drone kills 3 in Pakistan</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/04/19/pakistan.drone/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/04/19/pakistan.drone/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>A suspected U.S. drone attack killed three people in a compound known to house militants in Pakistan's border with Afghanistan, local officials and residents said Sunday.</description><pubDate>Sun, 19 Apr 2009 10:24:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Three dead in suspected U.S. missile attack in Pakistan</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/04/08/pakistan.drone.attack/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/04/08/pakistan.drone.attack/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>A suspected U.S. missile struck a village Wednesday in Pakistan's tribal region, killing three Taliban militants and wounding four others, according to local officials and media reports.</description><pubDate>Wed, 08 Apr 2009 15:00:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Pakistan: 20 dead in drone attack</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/02/14/pakistan.airstrike/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/02/14/pakistan.airstrike/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Twenty people were killed early Saturday after a suspected U.S. airstrike in northwest Pakistan, a intelligence official said.</description><pubDate>Sat, 14 Feb 2009 07:36:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Suspected U.S. strike kills 4 in Pakistan</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/01/02/pakistan.strike/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/01/02/pakistan.strike/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>The second suspected U.S. missile strike in two days killed four suspected Islamic militants in northwest Pakistan, intelligence officials said Friday.</description><pubDate>Fri, 02 Jan 2009 09:07:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Missile attack in Pakistan kills 3</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/01/01/pakistan.attack/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/01/01/pakistan.attack/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>A suspected U.S. missile strike killed three people and wounded two others in one of Pakistan's northwestern tribal districts, Pakistani intelligence officials said Thursday.</description><pubDate>Thu, 01 Jan 2009 08:38:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Suspected U.S. missiles hit Pakistan areas</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/12/22/pakistan.missile/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/12/22/pakistan.missile/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Suspected U.S. missiles hit targets in Pakistani tribal areas near the border with Afghanistan on Monday, killing at least seven people, Pakistani intelligence sources and local officials said.</description><pubDate>Mon, 22 Dec 2008 08:59:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Police: Militants destroy NATO trucks</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/12/12/pakistan.violence.nato/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/12/12/pakistan.violence.nato/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Suspected militants attacked a truck depot in Peshawar near the border with the Khyber Agency in the country's restive tribal areas, destroying NATO supply trucks bound for Afghanistan, Peshawar police said.</description><pubDate>Fri, 12 Dec 2008 17:01:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Petraeus Visits Pakistan, Signals New Priorities</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1855776,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1855776,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>Gen. David Petraeus, newly tasked with responsibility for America's two wars, arrived in Pakistan on Sunday</description><pubDate>Sun, 02 Nov 2008 18:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Car bomb kills 2 outside Pakistan family park</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/10/27/pakistan.violence/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/10/27/pakistan.violence/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>A car bomb explosion in southwest Pakistan killed two people and wounded as many as 11 others outside a park popular with families Monday, police said.</description><pubDate>Mon, 27 Oct 2008 11:28:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Source: 7 killed in suspected U.S. airstrike</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/10/26/pakistan.airstrike/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/10/26/pakistan.airstrike/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>A missile strike killed seven people Sunday at a compound in Pakistan's northern tribal border region, a Pakistani military source said.</description><pubDate>Sun, 26 Oct 2008 21:03:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>U.S.: Al Qaeda commander believed killed in Pakistan</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/10/22/pakistan.al.qaeda.commander/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/10/22/pakistan.al.qaeda.commander/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>A senior al Qaeda operational commander is believed to have been killed recently in Pakistan's South Waziristan region, several U.S. officials told CNN Wednesday.</description><pubDate>Wed, 22 Oct 2008 21:36:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Four killed in Pakistan missile strike</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/10/16/pakistan.missile.strike/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/10/16/pakistan.missile.strike/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>A suspected U.S. missile strike Thursday afternoon killed as many as four people in Pakistan's South Waziristan region and injured seven others, according to an intelligence official and witnesses in the tribal region.</description><pubDate>Thu, 16 Oct 2008 12:58:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>NATO: Pakistani Troops Fire on US Helicopters</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1844343,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1844343,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>Pakistani troops fired at American reconnaissance helicopters
   patrolling the Afghan-Pakistan border Thursday, heightening tensions
   as U.S. steps up cross-border operations in a region known as a haven
   for Taliban and al-Qaida militants</description><pubDate>Thu, 25 Sep 2008 16:00:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Pakistan finds 'U.S. drone wreckage'</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/09/24/pakistan.drone/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/09/24/pakistan.drone/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Pakistani security forces say they have recovered the wreckage of a U.S. drone that crashed inside Pakistan after flying across the border from Afghanistan.</description><pubDate>Wed, 24 Sep 2008 10:52:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>BA suspends Pakistan flights indefinitely</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/09/23/pakistan.marriott.blast/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/09/23/pakistan.marriott.blast/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>British Airways is suspending flights to and from Pakistan indefinitely following the deadly bomb attack on the Marriott Hotel, the airline says.</description><pubDate>Tue, 23 Sep 2008 20:09:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Official: Hotel blast 'biggest attack' in 7 years for Pakistan</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/09/21/pakistan.islamabad.marriott.blast/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/09/21/pakistan.islamabad.marriott.blast/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>More than 1,300 pounds of explosives were packed into a construction truck that detonated outside an Islamabad hotel, killing 57 people, including two Americans and a diplomat, officials said Sunday.</description><pubDate>Mon, 22 Sep 2008 01:52:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Pakistani president tells foreign troops to keep out</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/09/20/pakistan.sovereignty/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/09/20/pakistan.sovereignty/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Pakistan will not allow foreign powers to violate the country's sovereignty to pursue terrorists, the country's new president, Asif Ali Zardari, said Saturday.</description><pubDate>Sat, 20 Sep 2008 11:54:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Missiles Hit Pakistani School</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1827030,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1827030,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>Missiles hit a religious school Monday in a village just inside Pakistan's border with Afghanistan, killing six people, officials and state media said.</description><pubDate>Mon, 28 Jul 2008 09:00:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Pakistan troops 'enter volatile tribal region'</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/06/25/pakistan.militants/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/06/25/pakistan.militants/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Pakistan on Wednesday moved about 3,000 troops into a tribal region where 20 local tribesmen were slain by Taliban militants, an army spokesman told CNN.</description><pubDate>Wed, 25 Jun 2008 17:25:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>U.S. unhappy with Pakistani plan for militant peace deal</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/04/23/whitehouse.pakistan/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/04/23/whitehouse.pakistan/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>The White House on Wednesday expressed concern with reports that Pakistan's new government is working on a peace accord with militant leaders in its tribal regions.</description><pubDate>Wed, 23 Apr 2008 18:01:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>U.S. denies firing missile that killed 8 in remote Pakistan</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/02/28/pakistan.missile/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/02/28/pakistan.missile/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>A missile strike in a remote part of Pakistan killed at least eight suspected militants and wounded three others Thursday, Pakistan's state media reported.</description><pubDate>Thu, 28 Feb 2008 15:12:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Musharraf plays down attacks in Afghan border region</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/01/21/musharraf.brussels/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/01/21/musharraf.brussels/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>President Pervez Musharraf of Pakistan played down the impact of recent attacks in a region that borders Afghanistan, saying Tuesday they were "pinpricks" that his government must manage. </description><pubDate>Fri, 15 Feb 2008 17:12:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Pakistani army 'copter crash kills 8</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/02/06/pakistan.chopper/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/02/06/pakistan.chopper/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>A Pakistani army helicopter crashed Wednesday in the country's tribal region, killing a senior general and seven members of his staff -- including two other generals -- an army spokesman told CNN.</description><pubDate>Wed, 06 Feb 2008 19:28:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>The Face of Pakistan's New Taliban</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1706680,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1706680,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>Baitullah Mehsud is accused of killing Benazir Bhutto. But his agenda is more ambitious than that
</description><pubDate>Thu, 24 Jan 2008 20:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Scores dead in Pakistan gunbattles</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/01/18/pakistan.militants/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/01/18/pakistan.militants/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Pakistani military forces clashed Friday with Islamic militants in mountainous northwest Pakistan, in battles that left at least 90 militants dead and four military personnel wounded, a military spokesman told CNN.</description><pubDate>Fri, 18 Jan 2008 15:48:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>4 dead in Peshawar suicide bombing</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/01/17/pakistan.militants/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/01/17/pakistan.militants/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>A suicide bomb detonated near a Shiite religious site in Peshawar in northwest Pakistan on Thursday, killing at least four people and wounding 22, police told CNN.</description><pubDate>Thu, 17 Jan 2008 16:41:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Militants overrun Pakistan fort</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/01/16/pakistan.militants/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/01/16/pakistan.militants/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Islamic militants overran a border fort in northwestern Pakistan during a pitched battle Wednesday, killing seven Pakistani troops and leaving more than a dozen unaccounted for, a military spokesman said.</description><pubDate>Wed, 16 Jan 2008 22:34:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Militants free 6 Pakistani troops abducted near Afghan border</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/09/05/pakistan.soldiers.ap/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/09/05/pakistan.soldiers.ap/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Militants on Wednesday freed six soldiers who were among more than 100 Pakistani troops abducted over the weekend near the Afghan border, an intelligence official said.</description><pubDate>Thu, 06 Sep 2007 12:30:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Army: Pakistani paramilitary forces found safe</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/08/30/pakistan.soldiers/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/08/30/pakistan.soldiers/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>The approximately 100 Pakistani paramilitary forces who were reported missing Thursday in the region of South Waziristan have been found and are safe, an army spokesman said.</description><pubDate>Thu, 30 Aug 2007 10:12:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Pakistan: Army kills 25 insurgents</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/01/16/pakistan.airstrike/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/01/16/pakistan.airstrike/index.html</guid><description>At least 25 suspected terrorists were killed in a Pakistani airstrike on an insurgent hideout, intelligence sources say.</description><pubDate>Tue, 16 Jan 2007 16:03:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Pakistan: 26 die in hideout strike</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/asiapcf/03/11/pakistan.attacks/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/asiapcf/03/11/pakistan.attacks/index.html</guid><description>At least 26 people, including some foreigners, were killed late Friday in an assault by the Pakistani army on a tribal region near the Afghan border where it was believed terrorists were gathered, the military said Saturday.</description><pubDate>Sat, 11 Mar 2006 07:34:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Official: U.S. troops train commandos in Pakistan</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/asiapcf/04/27/us.pakistan/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/asiapcf/04/27/us.pakistan/index.html</guid><description>U.S. troops have been in Pakistan as recently as Saturday to train Pakistani Special Services Group (SSG) commandos, a U.S. military official said Wednesday.</description><pubDate>Wed, 27 Apr 2005 14:14:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Al Qaeda suspects killed in Pakistani raid</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/asiapcf/03/05/pakistan.raid/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/asiapcf/03/05/pakistan.raid/index.html</guid><description>Two suspected al Qaeda members were killed and 11 were arrested when Pakistani soldiers raided a house near the Afghan border, local officials told CNN.</description><pubDate>Sat, 05 Mar 2005 21:35:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Pakistan pulls troops from Afghan border area</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/asiapcf/11/27/pakistan.al.qaeda/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/asiapcf/11/27/pakistan.al.qaeda/index.html</guid><description>After more than two years of battling remnants of al Qaeda and the Taliban, Pakistan's government has announced it will end its military operation in the tense tribal region of South Waziristan.</description><pubDate>Sat, 27 Nov 2004 14:10:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>'No sign of Osama in tribal areas'</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/asiapcf/11/25/pakistan.binladen/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/asiapcf/11/25/pakistan.binladen/index.html</guid><description>Repeated searches by the Pakistani military have failed to turn up any trace of Osama bin Laden in tribal lands near the border with Afghanistan, a Pakistani army commander said.</description><pubDate>Thu, 25 Nov 2004 19:42:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Pakistan finds massive arms cache</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/asiapcf/11/21/pakistan.armsfind/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/asiapcf/11/21/pakistan.armsfind/index.html</guid><description>Pakistan security forces have recovered a large weapons cache in the country's South Waziristan region, where Pakistani forces have been engaged in an operation against remnants of al Qaeda and Taliban for over a year.</description><pubDate>Sun, 21 Nov 2004 06:55:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Landmine kills 6 Pakistan soldiers</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/asiapcf/11/04/pakistan.violence/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/asiapcf/11/04/pakistan.violence/index.html</guid><description>A Pakistani army convoy hit a landmine Thursday in the country's South Waziristan region, killing six soldiers and wounding 10 others, intelligence and police sources said.</description><pubDate>Thu, 04 Nov 2004 23:28:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Pakistani troops kill three</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/asiapcf/10/27/pakistan.violence/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/asiapcf/10/27/pakistan.violence/index.html</guid><description>Pakistani troops have killed three people and wounded five others near the Afghan border while hunting Islamic militants in South Waziristan, sources said.</description><pubDate>Wed, 27 Oct 2004 09:54:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Pakistan turns up heat on al Qaeda</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/asiapcf/09/14/pakistan.alqaeda/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/asiapcf/09/14/pakistan.alqaeda/index.html</guid><description>Pakistani forces have been battling al Qaeda fighters in an ongoing operation to rout terrorists in a tribal area near the border with Afghanistan, Pakistani intelligence sources said.</description><pubDate>Tue, 14 Sep 2004 23:34:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Pakistan forces battle on border</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/asiapcf/09/12/pakistan.alqaeda/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/asiapcf/09/12/pakistan.alqaeda/index.html</guid><description>An ongoing battle between Pakistani forces and suspected al Qaeda fighters Sunday in a tribal area near the border with Afghanistan has left six suspected terrorists and 12 Pakistani forces dead, two government officials told CNN.</description><pubDate>Sun, 12 Sep 2004 22:08:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>'Raid on al Qaeda camp kills 55'</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/asiapcf/09/09/pakistan.alqaeda/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/asiapcf/09/09/pakistan.alqaeda/index.html</guid><description>The Pakistan air force has bombed an al Qaeda training camp in the country's tribal region along the border with Afghanistan, killing at least 55 people, government and military officials said.</description><pubDate>Thu, 09 Sep 2004 08:10:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Pakistan arrests nine linked to al Qaeda</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/asiapcf/06/13/pakistan.arrests/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/asiapcf/06/13/pakistan.arrests/index.html</guid><description>Pakistani authorities have arrested nine people linked to al Qaeda who are believed to have been involved in recent attacks in Karachi, Information Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmed has said.</description><pubDate>Sun, 13 Jun 2004 16:49:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>8 'al Qaeda militants' killed</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/asiapcf/06/09/pakisatn.alqeada/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/asiapcf/06/09/pakisatn.alqeada/index.html</guid><description>Pakistani security forces have killed eight foreign fighters in an offensive aimed at flushing out suspected al Qaeda militants in the country's tribal areas, according to intelligence sources.</description><pubDate>Wed, 09 Jun 2004 11:12:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Deadline extended in al Qaeda hunt</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/asiapcf/04/20/pakistan.alqaeda.sweep/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/asiapcf/04/20/pakistan.alqaeda.sweep/index.html</guid><description>A deadline for the handing over of five tribesmen accused of harboring al Qaeda militants in Pakistan has been extended.</description><pubDate>Wed, 21 Apr 2004 00:05:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Tribal militia hunt down al Qaeda</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/asiapcf/04/19/pakistan.alqaeda.sweep/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/asiapcf/04/19/pakistan.alqaeda.sweep/index.html</guid><description>Members of a Pakistani tribal militia are sweeping through villages along the Afghan border in a bid to find al Qaeda militants and turn them over to the government.</description><pubDate>Mon, 19 Apr 2004 04:17:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Quraishi: Pakistanis say al Qaeda #2 surrounded</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/asiapcf/03/18/quraishi.obrien.pakistan/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/asiapcf/03/18/quraishi.obrien.pakistan/index.html</guid><description>Pakistani forces have surrounded a "high-value" target believed to be Ayman al-Zawahiri, Osama bin Laden's chief lieutenant in al Qaeda, near the Afghan border. The troops reported fierce resistance from al Qaeda fighters.</description><pubDate>Thu, 18 Mar 2004 20:07:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>On the trail of bin Laden</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/asiapcf/03/18/pakistan.binladen/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/asiapcf/03/18/pakistan.binladen/index.html</guid><description>U.S. and Pakistani intelligence officials believe al Qaeda terror boss Osama bin Laden may be hiding in the remote tribal areas near the Pakistani-Afghan border.</description><pubDate>Thu, 18 Mar 2004 05:24:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Rocket attack kills 4 Pakistani soldiers</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/asiapcf/01/09/pakistan.raid/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/asiapcf/01/09/pakistan.raid/index.html</guid><description>ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (CNN) - Four Pakistani soldiers were killed in a rocket attack Thursday night on their base camp near the Afghan border.</description><pubDate>Fri, 09 Jan 2004 16:08:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Pakistan calls off 'terror' sweep</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/asiapcf/south/01/09/pakistan.raid/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/asiapcf/south/01/09/pakistan.raid/index.html</guid><description>Pakistani military and paramilitary forces have suspended their sweep for "suspected foreign terrorists" along the rugged, lawless border with Afghanistan, military officials said.</description><pubDate>Fri, 09 Jan 2004 07:19:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Pakistani raid on 'terrorists'</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/asiapcf/south/01/08/pakistan.raid/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/asiapcf/south/01/08/pakistan.raid/index.html</guid><description>Pakistani military forces have launched a major offensive against suspected "foreign terrorists" along the porous, lawless mountainous border with Afghanistan, a Pakistan military spokesman said.</description><pubDate>Thu, 08 Jan 2004 07:58:00 EST</pubDate></item></channel></rss>