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Pakistan on Monday condemned a U.S. drone strike that killed three suspected Islamist militants in the northwest, the first since the country's parliament demanded that Washington end the attacks two weeks ago.

Pakistan condemns US strike after drone ban

Last updated Monday, April 30, 2012 - 9:43am

ISLAMABAD -- Pakistan on Monday condemned a U.S. drone strike that killed three suspected Islamist militants in the northwest, the first since the country's parliament demanded that Washington end the attacks two weeks ago.

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A Pakistani police officer and local residents examine a parked car damaged in a suicide bombing in the Badhber area on the outskirts of Peshawar, Pakistan, Sunday, March 11, 2012. A suicide bomber attacked a funeral attended by an anti-Taliban politician in northwest Pakistan, killing scores of people and wounding dozens others, police said. (AP Photo/Mohammad Sajjad)

Suspected U.S. drone strike kills 6 in Pakistan

Ishtiaq Mahsud The Associated Press

Last updated Tuesday, March 13, 2012 - 9:55am

DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan -- American drone-fired missiles hit a vehicle traveling on the Pakistan side of the Afghan border on Tuesday, killing six militants from a group known to have signed a nonaggression pact with the Pakistani army, intelligence officials and a local tribesman said.

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People look at damage caused by a powerful bomb explosion in Quetta, Pakistan, on Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2012. A bomb exploded late Tuesday night in a market injuring two people, police said. (AP Photo/Arshad Butt)

US kills al-Qaida-linked militant in Pakistan

Ishtiaq Mahsud, Rasool Dawar The Associated Press

Last updated Thursday, February 9, 2012 - 11:24am

DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan -- A U.S. drone fired two missiles at a house in Pakistan's northwest tribal region Thursday, killing five suspected militants, intelligence officials said. The Taliban identified one of them as a prominent commander who has served as a key link to al-Qaida.

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(HANI MOHAMMED/The Associated Press) A defected army soldier stands guard while protestors attend a demonstration to demand the resignation of Yemen’s President Ali Abdullah Saleh in Sanaa, Yemen, Friday, Sept. 30, 2011.

Yemen’s al-Qaida remains threat after drone strike

Ahmed Al-Haj The Associated Press

Last updated Saturday, October 1, 2011 - 4:22pm

SANAA, Yemen — Al-Qaida’s branch remains a powerful threat in this deeply unstable nation, even after a U.S. drone strike that eliminated three of its key figures. Its military leadership remains intact and is only growing stronger amid months of political turmoil tearing Yemen apart.

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Pakistan minister confirms al-Qaida commander dead

The Associated Press

Last updated Monday, June 6, 2011 - 9:53am

ISLAMABAD -- Pakistan's interior minister said Monday he was "100 percent" certain that wanted al-Qaida commander Ilyas Kashmiri was killed in a U.S. drone strike.

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Pakistani officials: US missiles kill 15

Last updated Friday, December 17, 2010 - 10:49am

PESHAWAR, Pakistan -- Two American missile attacks killed 15 people Friday in a region in northwest Pakistan that has seen few such strikes in the past, Pakistani officials said, possibly signaling an expansion of the CIA-led covert war inside the country.

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Pakistani officials: US missiles kill 4 in vehicle

Rasool Dawar, The Associated Press

Last updated Friday, November 19, 2010 - 10:28am

MIR ALI, Pakistan -- Suspected U.S. missiles destroyed a moving vehicle near Pakistan's border with Afghanistan on Friday, killing four alleged militants inside it, Pakistani intelligence officials said.

The attack by unmanned drones is the second in a week to hit North Waziristan as the U.S. intensifies its search-and-destroy missions in the strongholds of Taliban and al-Qaida-linked fighters who plot attacks on NATO troops across the border in Afghanistan.

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US missile strikes kill 13 militants in Pakistan

Rasool Dawar, The Associated Press

Last updated Wednesday, November 3, 2010 - 11:38am

PESHAWAR, Pakistan -- American drones launched three missile strikes against suspected militant targets in northwestern Pakistan on Wednesday, killing 13 people, Pakistani intelligence officials said.

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