LOI SAM, PAKISTAN — A two-month offensive by Pakistani forces has driven militants from a stronghold through which Taliban and al-Qaida fighters had poured into neighboring Afghanistan to attack U.S. troops.
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KHAR, Pakistan– Pakistan’s army captured a militant stronghold near the Afghan border, the military said today, a breakthrough in an offensive against the Taliban and Al Qaeda that has sent nearly 200,000 civilians fleeing for safety.
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Key militant groups that operate in Pakistan’s violent northwest. While all are anti-U.S., only some are anti-Pakistan.
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The Pakistan army says it has retaken a key settlement in the troubled north-west, held by militants for nearly three months.
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ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, Oct. 23 — At least 10 people were killed and six others injured in a suspected U.S missile strike Thursday in Pakistan’s restive tribal region, intelligence officials and an eyewitness said.
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(By MUNIR AHMAD, Associated Press Writer) Pakistan’s army captured a key militant stronghold near the Afghan border, a breakthrough in a bloody push against the Taliban and al-Qaida that has claimed 95 civilian lives, the military said Saturday. Army spokesman Maj. Gen. Athar Abbas said troops on Saturday captured Loi Sam, a town in the Bajur region sitting on a vital intersection connecting the …
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ISLAMABAD: Former coach of Pakistan cricket team Geoff Lawson of Australia is considering to take a legal action against the Pakistan Cricket Board (PBC).According to sources, Lawson is in contact with the Australian High Commission in Islamabad.The former coach has refused to leave Pakistan until he is not paid all his dues from the PCB.Sources said that trainer of the Pakistan cricket team David Dyer is also considering to resign from his position.
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Pakistan appoint former captain Intikhab Alam as their temporary coach after the sacking of former coach Geoff Lawson.
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SAINT PETERSBURG: British player Andy Murray and Spaniard Fernando Verdascoqualified for the semi-finals in the St Petersburg Open Tennis Tournament.Defending champion Andy Murray, top seed of the one-million-dollar ATP event St Petersburg Open, battled into the semi-finals, beating Janko Tipsarevic of Serbia in straight sets here in the first quarter-finals of the tournament, played in Russian city of St Petersburg.The 21-year-old Scott, who is currently fourth in the ATP rankings, won 7-6 (7/5), 7-5 in two hours nine minutes to level his head-to-head record with Tipsarevic at 2-2.Murray, who is seeking his season’’s fifth title here, started confidently breaking early for a comfortable 3-0 lead. But the 24-year-old Serb broke back in the seventh game to level at 4-4.In a tiebreak that followed Murray was slightly more accurate to clinch a one-set lead after one hour 10 minutes on court.In the second the rivals traded breaks early again before Murray made the decisive break in the 11th game minutes before he won the set and the match.In the semis Murray will face the third seed and last year’’s runner-up Spaniard Fernando Verdasco, who ousted Germany’’s veteran Rainer Schuettler, 32, in straight sets 7-5, 6-2 to record his second win in as many meetings.The opponents were trading breaks throughout the opening set but the 24-year-old Spaniard acted at slightly more precision to gain a one-set lead in 53 minutes.In the second Verdasco confirmed his dominance producing two more breaks to win the set, the match in one hour 27 minutes and a place in his season’’s fifth semi-final.In the other semi-final Andrey Golubev of Kazakhstan, who won the battle of qualifiers beating Germany’’s Mischa Zverev 6-7 (3/7), 6-4, 7-6 (7/4) will face Victor Hanescu of Romania, who defeated Russia’’s Michail Elgin 6-1, 6-4.
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Intikhab Alam was appointed as the new coach of Pakistan on Saturday, just a day after the sacking of his predecessor Geoff Lawson, a top official of the Pakistan Cricket Board said Saturday.
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