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Unidentified gunmen opened fire on a van travelling from Boshahra village towards Sadaa.
IDPs deserve all the support they can get. Government needs to mobilise funds ensuring their misery is not prolonged.
No U-turn regarding decision to scale back activities of CIA; Gen Wynne says Pakistan will not accept conditional aid.
Security personnel find more militant hideouts with large arms stockpiles.
Fazal Saeed Haqqani's defection from the TTP means only the Mehsud and Taliban from Orakzai and Darra inhabhit Kurram.
Officials say four-day air and ground offensive against militants had left 42 enemy fighters and eight soldiers dead.
Three militant hideouts destroyed; 50 dead so far.
People are again demanding a settlement, despite the TTP killing innocent civilians and targeting the military.
Locals describe mass exodus from central Kurram.
With roads already blocked, people are seeking refuge from violence in the region.