Pakistan halts strikes for Ramadan (Denver Post)
Pakistan said Sunday it was suspending a military operation against insurgents in a tribal region for the Muslim holy month of Ramadan.
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Pakistan to suspend military strikes for Ramadan (San Francisco Chronicle)
Pakistan will suspend its military operations against insurgents in a tribal region along the Afghan border in honor of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, the country’s top civilian security official said Sunday. But security forces will retaliate with force…
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Suspected missile strike in northwest Pakistan (Boston Herald)
DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan - Witnesses and a local intelligence official say a blast destroyed a house in a Pakistani tribal region near the Afghan border, and a missile strike…
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Pakistan calls Ramadan ceasefire (UPI)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, Aug. 31 (UPI) — Pakistani military officials said Sunday they have instituted a month-long suspension of their offensive against Taliban insurgents in observance of Ramadan.
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Pakistan Stops Attacks for Ramadan (Time Magazine)
Pakistan will suspend its military operations against insurgents in a tribal region along the Afghan border in honor of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan
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Military offensive halted in Pakistan for Ramadan (AP via Yahoo! Malaysia News)
Pakistan said Sunday it was suspending a military operation against insurgents in a tribal region for the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, while a blast blamed on a missile reportedly killed four suspected foreign militants elsewhere in the northwest.
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Pakistan to Suspend Military Strikes for Ramadan (ABC News)
Pakistan to suspend military operations against insurgents in northwest during Ramadan
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Pakistan army says it killed 40 militants (Denver Post)
Fighter jets bombed Taliban hideouts in Pakistan’s troubled northwest while troops pushed into militant territory on the ground, killing at least 40 insurgents in a 24-hour siege, the army said Saturday.
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Pakistan says it killed 40 Taliban fighters (Los Angeles Times)
Fighter jets make bombing runs in the Swat Valley region. The insurgents say eight militants were slain. Fighter jets bombed Taliban hide-outs in Pakistan’s troubled northwest while troops pushed into militant territory on the ground, killing at least 40 insurgents in a 24-hour siege, the army said Saturday.
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Afghanistan-Ir an-Pakistan book exhibit underway in Kabul (Islamic Republic News Agency)
Iran - Afghanistan - Exhibit The joint Iran-Pakistan- Afghanistan book fair opened in Kabul on Sunday. Some 60,000 copies of books have been put on display in 14 pavilions during the event.
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