Six soldiers and eight rebels killed in fighting in northwest Pakistan | Pakistan Taliban News

Six soldiers and eight rebels killed in fighting in northwest Pakistan | Pakistan Taliban News

Army says a high-ranking officer among those killed as the military clashes with rebels in two incidents. Six Pakistani soldiers and at least eight rebels have been killed in two clashes in the restive northwest, the military says. The military’s media wing said on Saturday that Lieutenant Colonel Muhammad Ali…

What explains the dramatic rise in armed attacks in Pakistan? | Armed Groups News

What explains the dramatic rise in armed attacks in Pakistan? | Armed Groups News

Islamabad, Pakistan – A recent deadly suicide attack on a military post in northwest Pakistan has raised fears of the return of armed rebellion in the country’s tribal regions that have seen a dramatic rise in armed attacks this year. A little-known group, Tehreek-e-Jihad Pakistan (TJP), claimed the December 12…