Unknown gunmen on Monday killed a senior commander of the Pakistani Taliban who had a government bounty on his head, officials and family said, in what is seen as a case of internal rivalry.
The family of a kidnapped Pakistani anti-drone campaigner spoke Tuesday of their fears for his safety, as his lawyer accused the government of wanting to make an example of him.
Women were stopped from voting in Pakistan's elections on Saturday in the northwestern tribal district of North Waziristan, a notorious Taliban stronghold, residents said.
US missiles on Thursday killed Al-Qaeda's chief in Pakistan, one of the Americans' main targets in the volatile country and wanted for attacks that killed scores of people, officials said.
A US drone fired missiles into a vehicle, killing four militantsMonday in Pakistan's Taliban and Al-Qaeda hub of North Waziristan that hugs the Afghan border, security officials said.
Pakistani officials on Wednesday accused NATO helicopters of violating Pakistan's air space over the Taliban and Haqqanistronghold of North Waziristan, along the Afghan border.
