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US drone war under scrutiny after botched strike kills US, Italian hostages
Fp Archives •Obama’s admission on Thursday that a US drone strike accidentally took the lives of two hostages has raised fresh questions about the limits and the risks of the country’s “targeted killing” campaign.
At least 8 killed in US drone strike in NW Pakistan
Fp Archives •The strike came a day after Pakistani jet fighters killed 20 suspected members of the Haqqani network.
Leader of al-Qaeda's Indian wing killed in US drone attack
Fp Archives •Global terrorist organisation al-Qaeda's branch in the Indian sub-continent confirmed the death of one of its leaders, Adil Qudoos in a US drone attack.
Pakistan urges US to end drone strikes
Fp Archives •Pakistan's Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan has urged the US to stop drone strikes inside Pakistani territory, a media report said on Wednesday.
The other Pakistani girl: Malala got the Nobel peace prize; here is why Nabila won't
Fp Staff •While the world discusses and debates the Nobel to Malala, perhaps this is also the time to note about another girl from Pakistan: Nabila Rehman.
US drone kills 10 in northwest Pakistan: Intelligence officials
Fp Archives •A suspected US drone fired four missiles at a vehicle carrying Uzbek and local militants in the country's northwestern tribal region near the Afghan border.
Four al-Qaeda militants killed in US drone strike on Yemen
Fp Archives •At least four al-Qaeda members were killed when two missiles fired from a US drone bombed their car in Yemen's southeastern province of Hadramout Monday, a military source said.
US drone strike on Taliban: Pak govt loses contact with terror outfit
Fp Archives •akistan government admitted on Monday that its all contacts with the Taliban were broken following the recent killing of the militant organisation's chief in a US drone attack.
Pak says over 2,100 militants and 67 civilians killed by US drones
Fp Archives •Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan told the Senate that 12 404 people have been killed in the incidents of terrorism.
Militants, civilians die in drone strike on Afghanistan
Fp Archives •Drone strikes in Afghanistan's eastern Kunar Province have left 16 people, including 10 civilians, dead, an official said on Sunday.