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This undated photograh shows Asmatullah Shaheen (C), a former interim chief of a militant group, talking with media in an undisclosed location in northwest Pakistan
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Officials: Gunmen kill Pakistani Taliban leader

Officials: Gunmen kill Pakistani Taliban leader

Bannu, AP—Gunmen killed one of the Pakistani Taliban’s top leaders in a tribal region near the Afghan border on Monday, intelligence officials and militant commanders said. Asmatullah Shaheen Bitani and three aides died in a shooting in Darga Mandi area of North...
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An American Drone Reaper is displayed during the Air Show 2013 at Le Bourget, France, 18 June 2013.
Source: EPA / Etienne Laurent


US drone kills 16 suspected militants in Pakistan

US drone kills 16 suspected militants in Pakistan

Peshawar, AP—Unmanned US aircraft fired four missiles at a house in northwest Pakistan before dawn Wednesday, killing 16 suspected militants, Pakistani intelligence officials said. The drone strike elicited a swift condemnation by the Pakistani government, which...