Mir Kalam Wazir, a local peace committee member, was shot dead by unidentified attackers during Iftar in South Waziristan.

ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN — Washington has called Waziristan the most dangerous place on Earth. Former Pakistani general Ali Muhammad Jan Aurakzai knows why. Aurakzai led troops against Taliban militants in ...

Security forces have prevented an infiltration attempt by 'Fitna al-Khawarij' in North Waziristan, according to security sources. Operation Ghazab Lil Haq will continue until its objectives are fully ...

North Waziristan agency is considered to be the epicenter of international terrorism. In addition to serving as a haven for al Qaeda’s leadership, North Waziristan (nestled between eastern Afghanistan ...

Syed Ayub Khan, like many other residents of North Waziristan, a district in western Pakistan bordering Afghanistan, is concerned over mounting insecurity in his homeland. Frequent reports of targeted ...

Pakistan's latest offensive against the Taliban in South Waziristan is displacing a new wave of refugees. Sebastian Brack, a spokesman for the International Committee of the Red Cross in Islamabad, ...

Farid Khan, a Pashtun tribal leader, is eager to return to his homeland in western Pakistan’s restive Waziristan region after years of exile in neighboring southeastern Afghanistan. The middle-aged ...

At least three people have been killed and 22 others injured in a suicide attack in northwestern Pakistan, officials told RFE/RL. The attack on February 11 was carried out in the Mirali subdivision of ...

The Pakistani military launched its much-anticipated operation against the Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) in the Mehsud tribal areas of South Waziristan agency on October 17, 2009. The initial phase ...

Last month, I had a rare opportunity to visit North Waziristan, a Pakistani tribal region blessed with rugged beauty, yet cursed with a long history of conflict. Long a haven for terrorists, both ...

Eid Rahman Wazir, an activist in Pakistan’s restive western North Waziristan district, is still hoping for justice after his uncle was assassinated in broad daylight two months ago. Malak Raees Khan, ...

The buzz in the air of Waziristan is not always that of a US drone flying overhead. Cheering crowds still throng the makeshift stadiums that dot parts of this region. Yes, in Waziristan, they play ...