MIRAN SHAH, Pakistan (AP) -- Pakistani aircraft bombed a village bazaar packed with shoppers near the Afghan border Tuesday, pushing the death toll to 250 in four days of fighting -- the deadliest clashes since Pakistan threw its support behind the U.S.-led war on terror in 2001.
Three days of fierce fighting have convulsed Pakistan's tribal areas and exposed what some concede is the government's lingering paralysis in dealing with the threat from Al Qaeda and the Taliban.
Pakistani air force planes swooped down on the country's troubled tribal region on the border with Afghanistan Tuesday, launching a blistering airstrike that left as many as 50 militants dead, Pakistan Army sources said.
A speeding train struck a crowded bus at a railway crossing in eastern Pakistan, killing at least 12 people and injuring about 50 others, police said.
A look at some of the deadliest violence involving Pakistani security forces and Islamic militants since Pakistan sent its forces into tribal regions near Afghanistan in late 2001 in support of the U.S.-led war on terrorism:
Fighting between Islamic militants and security forces near the Afghan border has killed as many as 250 people over four days — the deadliest clashes in Pakistan since it threw its support behind the U.S.-led war on terrorism in 2001, the army said Tuesday.
South Africa took a grip on the second Test on Tuesday after Pakistan squandered their solid start by quickly losing a string of wickets.
Jets bombed villages in Pakistan's northwestern tribal areas for the third day as the authorities battled pro-Taliban militants.
Jets bombed villages in Pakistan?s northwestern tribal areas for the third day today as the authorities battled pro-Taliban militants.
Pakistan are off to a confident start in their first innings after South Africa's Mark Boucher hit a fighting half-century on day two of the second Test on Tuesday.