Pakistan army kills 30 militants in South Waziristan tribal region
By APSaturday, February 20, 2010
Pakistan army kills 30 militants in northwest
ISLAMABAD — Pakistan’s army says it has killed 30 militants in the latest air strike on an insurgent facility near the Afghan border.
An army statement says a militant hide-out in the Shawal mountains of South Waziristan was targeted Saturday after authorities received a tip that insurgents were hiding there. No further details were provided.
Shawal is one of the al-Qaida and Taliban strongholds the military targeted in a major offensive in October.
Although the government said in December that the operation had been completed, the army is still active in the region.
THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. Check back soon for further information. AP’s earlier story is below.
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — Police say a team of suicide bombers attacked two police stations in northwestern Pakistan, killing an area police chief and wounding several officers.
Police official Gul Zareen says the attacks started within minutes of each other Saturday in the district of Mansehra.
He says local police chief Khalil Khan died when an attacker blew himself up inside the police station in Mansehra.
He says a pair of attackers stormed a nearby police station minutes later, triggering a shootout that left one of the attackers dead.
He says the slain attacker was wearing a suicide jacket.
Zareen says a second attacker fled toward nearby offices, and officers were trying to track him down and capture him.
