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Militancy in Khyber: Four killed in clashes between extremists
Fighting reportedly started between Lashkar-e-Islam (LeI) and Tauheed-ul-Islam.
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Polio-free Pakistan?: 50th child falls victim to polio in Khyber Agency
Residents concerned over the steep rise in polio cases.
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Militancy: Eight killed, two injured in Khyber Agency blast
Victims were tribesmen fleeing clashes between security forces and militants.
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Six Balochistan and Sindh EDOs sacked for poor performance
K-P and FATA health officials commended for innovative polio eradication plan.
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Market attack: Donkey cart bombing kills 6 in Khyber Agency
Those dead were either shopkeepers or customers.
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Khyber Agency: Three times unlucky
Each school in Bara subdivision has been blown up three times.
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Militants strike: 34 coalminers kidnapped from Kalakhel
One person released; no responsibility claims so far.
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Mangal Bagh threatens government workers
Says Lashkar-i-Islam to oppose all public welfare schemes until negotiations.
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Ten militants killed, two hideouts destroyed in Upper Orakzai
Security forces target hideouts through gunship helicopters in Mamoozai, Dabori, Ali Khel and Mala Khel area.
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Security forces kill 5 militants in Upper Orakzai
Forces target militant hideouts in Mamozai Area using artillery fire.
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Orakzai operation: Fear of militants still prevents people from moving back home
Militants have ‘safe havens’ in Mamozai region, bordering Khyber Agency.
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Jamrud mosque blast: Death toll hits 51 a day after attack
Sources say attack could be a response to the Kokikhel tribe’s stance against militancy.
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‘Resurgence in terrorist attacks after a two-week lull’
A report says most of the casualties were because of cross-border attacks.
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Khyber Agency: This is Bara, the town that militancy ruined
Nearly two years of curfew has turned it into a ghost town.
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The trials of tribal journalists
Since 2005 to date, nine journalists have lost their lives reporting from the tribal areas.
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Opening another front in FATA
Pakistan has suffered due to activities in N. Waziristan, is it wise to open another front because the US wants it?
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Driven out of Kurram Agency by violence
Complex set of geopolitical issues has influenced events in Kurram valley as it offers easy access to Afghanistan.
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Gilani spurns accusation of ‘complicity or incompetence'
Military officials to brief joint closed-door session of Parliament on May 13.
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‘Development cures sense of deprivation’
MNA Afridi said sense of deprivation in Khyber Agency would be dispelled by initiating development.
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Faithless warriors
In militant connections, opportunity beckons.
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The Pashtun and jihadi movements
Jihad was not an unfamiliar word to the Pashtuns since their ancestors had waged jihad on many occasions in the past.
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People move to safer areas due to conflict
Clashes between Lashkar-e-Islam and Zakhakhel in Tirah have forced the local people to move.
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Militant outfits clash: Rivals claim Mangal Bagh fled to Afghanistan
Khyber Agency-based Ansarul Islam urges authorities to arrest the chief of archrival Lashkar-e-Islam.
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Facts and fiction about the war on terror
None of the writers have first-hand knowledge of the unfolding of events.
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Bagh seeks Taliban help in fight for Khyber
Five people killed in blast as Taliban try to sneak into the agency.
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Losing ground: Bagh’s fighters retreating
Mangal Bagh’s loyalists have started retreating from clashes with Zakhakhel tribesmen in Tirah Valley.
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Khyber Agency: Afghan students of slain cleric vow revenge
Maulana Hashim’s beheading has sparked bloody clashes in the region.
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Militancy: Mangal Bagh loosens grip over Khyber Agency
Zakhakhel tribe has turned against the Lashkar-e-Islam chief after the killing of a cleric.
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Military kills 7 militants in gunship attacks
Security forces on kill seven militants in gunship helicopter shelling in the Tirah Valley.
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13 die in Hangu van blast
Remote control device was used to detonate at least two kilograms of explosives.
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Militancy: The downward spiral
Marvi Memon asks PPP tough questions on the rising tide of militant violence during their tenure.
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The expanding war in the northwest
The solution to terrorism lies in transforming how states treat their citizens, not on expanding security capacities.
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The Taliban in Bajaur
Bajaur most inclined to resist TTP and al Qaeda, but the strength of Maulvi Faqir is more than they can fight.
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Escalation of violence
As we approach 2014, Pakistanis will face increasing attacks in Fata, Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, Balochistan and Karachi.
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Under the radar: Khyber Agency in the line of fire
A barrage of US missiles targeted the Khyber tribal region for a second consecutive day, killing 25 militants.
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Over 50 killed in 3 drone strikes
Multiple drone strikes on militants, Lashkar-e-Islam headquarters leave 51 dead in Khyber Agency.
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Drone attacks: US missile kills up to seven in Khyber
Drone hits vehicle carrying up to seven suspected militants in Tirah valley.
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US missile kills up to seven in Khyber Agency
US missile strike in Tirah valley an apparent expansion of US covert drone campaign in Pakistan.
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Terrorism bid foiled in Kohat: Over a ton of explosives seized
Incident occurred on Kohat-Bannu road when police stopped a vehicle for a routine check.
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Kohat blast: Police release sketch of suicide bomber
Police sources say that the bomber was between 16 and 17 years.
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Tirah Bazaar blast: Suicide attack targets Orakzai-bound bus
Eighteen die in the third attack in Kohat district this year.
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N Waziristan operation delayed by six months
Recent developments in the region have forced Islamabad to reconsider its stance.
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Importance of operations in Orakzai
After its formation, the TTP started terrorising the tribals in Orakzai, those who opposed were brutally killed.
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Eighteen dead in Kohat bomb attack
A terrorist attack has taken place in Kohat. 18 people have been killed while many others are injured.
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45 ‘Taliban militants’ killed
Militant bases in the Shendrand, Nari Baba, Nagrosa and Sandana areas of Bara were destroyed in the blitz.