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PAKISTAN

Anti-Taliban mayor killed in Peshawar market attack

A suicide car bomb ripped through a busy market area on Sunday in the Pakistan's northwestern city of Peshawar, killing several people including an anti-Taliban mayor.

PAKISTAN

Four militants killed in US drone missile strike in tribal region

At least four militants were killed in a US drone strike in the Pakistani tribal region of North Waziristan, officials have said. Washington says Islamist fighters are in the area, planning attacks on Western troops in neighbouring Afghanistan.

PAKISTAN

Face-to-face with an al Qaeda militant

FRANCE 24’s correspondent in Pakistan, Anne-Isabelle Tollet, entered the tribal zones situated along the porous border with Afghanistan, where she met a man who said he was active in Osama bin Laden’s terrorist network. Here is her exclusive report.

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PAKISTAN

Deadly suicide blast strikes garrison city of Rawalpindi

At least 35 people were killed and dozens injured in a suicide blast near a luxury hotel in Pakistan's garrison city of Rawalpindi. The attack was followed by another double bombing at a Lahore police checkpoint.

PAKISTAN

Islamabad announces reward for Taliban leaders 'dead or alive'

Pakistani authorities have promised rewards worth five million dollars for information leading to the capture of a number of senior Taliban officials.

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Afghanistan - Pakistan - Taliban

French army under Taliban fire in Afghanistan

In this Edition: A special report on the French soldiers fighting in Kapisa, Afghanistan, against the Taliban. The fighting against the Taliban also continues in Pakistan, where they are turning public opinion against the government.

PAKISTAN

250,000 flee army offensive on the Afghan border

Up to 250,000 people have fled a tribal region on the Afghan border where the Pakistani army is in the third week of a major offensive against the Taliban.

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Pakistan - Taliban - terrorism

Wave of deadly attacks leaves Taliban looking stronger

As Pakistan's army steps up its offensive against the Taliban, a recent string of devastating attacks in Pakistani cities has led local newspapers to talk of a "black October" and has widened the gap between the country's government and its people.

PAKISTAN

Court acquits man sentenced over 2002 attack on French engineers

Due to a "lack of substantial evidence", a Pakistani court on Friday acquitted a man who was sentenced to death over a 2002 bombing that killed 11 French engineers in Karachi.