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"Around 90,000 people have left the area (since August) and have been shifted to safer places in Dera Ismail Khan and Tank," said Shahab Ali Shah, the top administrative official in South Waziristan. An AFP reporter in Dera Ismail Khan saw dozens of families entering the city in cars and trucks, packed full of whatever belongings the panicked residents had managed to gather before fleeing their homes ... Government official Hameedullah Khan said about 60,000 people had registered in Dera Ismail... (Sydney Morning Herald -- World)
Pakistan Bombs Region Once Declared Taliban-Free Oct 12, 2009
DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan -- Pakistan's Taliban have claimed responsibility for a brazen weekend attack on the army's headquarters compound in the city of Rawalpindi. Taliban spokesman Azam Tariq called The Associated Press on Monday and said the attack that killed 20 people was only the first in a planned series of strikes intended to avenged the killing of their leader Baitullah Mehsud in a CIA drone attack in August. (Click2Houston, TX)
Deadly blast hits Pakistan city Oct 9, 2009
NORTH-WEST PAKISTAN BLASTS 5 October: Five killed in suicide blast in UN's Islamabad office 26 September: 16 killed in two car bombs in Peshawar and Bannu 18 September: 33 killed in market blast near Kohat 30 August: Suicide bomber kills 14 police recruits in Swat valley 27 August: 22 police guards killed at checkpoint on Afghan border 14 August: Seven killed in market blast in Dera Ismail Khan 5 June: Mosque blast kills at least 38 in Upper Dir district. "I have myself counted five bodies.". (BBC News -- South Asia)
Pakistan to move on Taliban tribal area stronghold Oct 3, 2009
A large number of civilians have already relocated to Dera Ismail Khan and Tank, both in North-West Frontier Province, giving the army a relatively free hand to mount an operation ... A large number of civilians have already relocated to Dera Ismail Khan and Tank, both in North-West Frontier Province, giving the army a relatively free hand to mount an operation. (Honolulu Star-Bulletin)
Pakistanis flee Taliban stronghold Sep 30, 2009
DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan - Pakistani soldiers traded rocket and mortar fire with militants on Monday as hundreds of civilians fled the Taliban and al-Qaida's main stronghold in the northwest. A suicide car bomber killed five people including a prominent tribal elder. (MSNBC -- International)
* Pakistani security firm in probe Sep 21, 2009
Turkistan Bhitani said he and 24 aides surrendered their weapons to the army in the northwestern city of Dera Ismail Khan and that he had asked 350 of his men to do so as well. Pakistani army spokesman Major General Athar Abbas, however, said he knew nothing of any such arrangement. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World Business)
Pakistan outsources part of terror war to militia Sep 14, 2009
Alexandre Meneghini / APATaliban fighter belonging to a pro-government faction looks to the camera at their headquarters in Dera Ismail Khan, Pakistan, on Monday, Sept. 7 ... DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan - They wear their hair and beards long, Taliban style, and support attacks on U.S. and NATO troops in Afghanistan ... Espouses militant IslamThe United States, which gives millions of dollars in civilian and military aid to Pakistan each year, will be particularly concerned with the militia in... (MSNBC -- International)
Officials: U.S. Drone Kills 6 in Pakistan Aug 28, 2009
DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan, Aug. 27, 2009. Officials: U.S. Drone Kills 6 in Pakistan. (CBS News -- World)
Pakistan clash kills soldiers, militants Aug 27, 2009
Troops and police imposed a curfew throughout Thursday and launched an operation in the northwestern city of Dera Ismail Khan to recover illegal weapons, said police chief Saeedullah Marwat. The operation follows sporadic clashes over the past few months between majority Sunni and minority Shi'ite Muslims in the area, Marwat said. (Sydney Morning Herald -- World)
Taliban in Pakistan acknowledge leader's death Aug 27, 2009
(08-26) 04:00 PDT Dera Ismail Khan, Pakistan. After weeks of denials, two Pakistani Taliban commanders acknowledged Tuesday that the group's top leader, Baitullah Mehsud, was dead - claiming he died 18 days after a U.S. missile strike and disputing reports that the al Qaeda linked movement he left behind was falling apart. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Taliban confirm death of top leader Aug 26, 2009
DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan - After weeks of denials, two Pakistani Taliban commanders acknowledged Tuesday that the group's top leader, Baitullah Mehsud, was dead claiming he died 18 days after a U.S. missile strike and disputing reports that the al-Qaida linked movement he left behind was falling apart. Pakistani officials have said the Taliban were in disarray after Mehsud was killed in a CIA missile strike earlier this month and that his would-be successors were locked in a bitter power... (MSNBC -- International)
Taliban Acknowledges Leader Mehsud's Death Aug 26, 2009
DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan, Aug. 25, 2009. Taliban Acknowledges Leader Mehsud's Death. (CBS News -- World)
Pakistani Taliban admit leader Mehsud killed Aug 26, 2009
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Pakistani Taliban confirms US missile strike killed leader Aug 26, 2009
DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan - Pakistani Taliban commanders acknowledged yesterday that the militants top leader, Baitullah Mehsud, was dead, ending weeks of claims and counterclaims over his fate following a US missile strike on his father-in-law s home this month. Hakimullah Mehsud and Waliur Rehman, two of Mehsud s top aides and reportedly rivals to succeed him, together called the Associated Press to say that their leader had died Sunday of injuries from the Aug. 5 strike in South Waziristan,... (Boston Globe)
* Seventy killed in clashes with Taliban Aug 14, 2009
FIVE-HOUR BATTLE: Pakistans army sent in helicopter gunships to pound about 300 militants who were attacking a warlords mountain stronghold, officials said AP , DERA ISMAIL KHAN, PAKISTAN Friday, Aug 14, 2009, Page 5. Clashes between Taliban fighters and those loyal to a pro-government warlord killed at least 70 people, intelligence officials said, a week after a CIA drone reportedly killed the top Taliban leader in Pakistan. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World Business)
70 killed in Pakistan as warlord fights Taliban Aug 14, 2009
(08-13) 04:00 PDT Dera Ismail Khan, Pakistan. Fierce clashes between Taliban fighters and those loyal to a pro-government warlord killed at least 70 people Wednesday, intelligence officials said, a week after a CIA drone reportedly killed the top Taliban leader in Pakistan. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Taliban says it's awaiting US response on captured soldier Aug 11, 2009
DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan - A militant commander who is holding a Fort Richardson-based soldier abducted in Afghanistan said Sunday that Taliban leader Mullah Omar's council is waiting for a response to its demands before deciding the American's fate ... DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan - A militant commander who is holding a Fort Richardson-based soldier abducted in Afghanistan said Sunday that Taliban leader Mullah Omar's council is waiting for a response to its demands before deciding the... (Juneau Empire)
Guessing games over Taliban leader Aug 11, 2009
This vital network could begin to unravel, and in the Tank and Dera Ismail Khan areas the rival Bhitini tribe is already targeting his Mehsud tribesmen, killing more than a dozen in the past few days. On the other hand, his absence will take the heat out of the crackdown on militancy - the Interior Ministry has already declared that this struggle is "over". (Asia Times Online)
Taliban demand US response on Fort Richardson soldier Aug 10, 2009
DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan -- A militant commander who is holding a Fort Richardson-based soldier abducted in Afghanistan said Sunday that Taliban leader Mullah Omar's council is waiting for a response to its demands before deciding the American's fate. Click to enlarge. (Anchorage Daily News)
Taliban leader's death disputed, shootout claimed Aug 9, 2009 Baitullah: Dead or alive, his battle rages Aug 8, 2009 Missile strike claims Taliban commander Aug 8, 2009 Taliban chief dead? Aug 7, 2009 Pakistan, US check reports of Taliban chief death Aug 7, 2009 Taliban chief reported dead in US missile strike Aug 7, 2009 Officials: Pakistan's Taliban leader Mehsud killed in missile strike Aug 7, 2009 Suspected U.S. strike kills Taliban wife Aug 6, 2009 Missile strike reportedly kills wife of Taliban chief in Pakistan border area Aug 6, 2009 Officials: Wife of Pakistani Taliban Leader Killed Aug 6, 2009 Officials: Taliban Boss's Wife Killed Aug 5, 2009 Pakistan-US plan falls into place Jul 23, 2009 Pride and struggle Jul 16, 2009 Troops arrest 16 Taliban in Swat, five in Bajaur Agency Jul 13, 2009 Suspected U.S. Strike Hits Taliban; 3 Dead Jul 11, 2009 Suspected U.S. missile strike kills three in Pakistan Jul 11, 2009 Pakistani Jets Kill 12 Militants After U.S. Strikes Jul 9, 2009 2 suspected US missile attacks kill 45 in Pakistan... Jul 9, 2009 Pakistan Irked Over U.S. Missile Strikes Jul 8, 2009 Shias killed in Pakistan attacks Jul 7, 2009 Pak jets bomb Swat valley, 14 killed Jul 7, 2009 Cholera outbreak claims 8 lives in NW Pakistan Jul 5, 2009 • Officials: 16 killed in clashes in NW Pakistan Jul 4, 2009 Mortar hits Pakistan mosque killing 3 tribesmen Jun 29, 2009 Pakistani forces kill 11 Taliban militants Jun 29, 2009 Bloody Pakistan clashes kill civilians: officials Jun 29, 2009 Pakistani forces kill at least 11 militants Jun 28, 2009 Strange burial Jun 26, 2009 Pakistan Slaying Reveals a Flawed Strategy Jun 25, 2009 * US strikes kill up to 30 in Taliban heartland: army Jun 25, 2009 Misbahuddin Mehsud, the new chief of the Abdullah Group and the successor of Qari Zainuddin Jun 25, 2009 Air strike, likely from U.S. drone, kills 60 Jun 25, 2009 Pakistan Taliban Chief Dodged Missile: Officials Jun 25, 2009 Making friends with the Taliban Jun 25, 2009 U.S. drones prowl over South Waziristan Jun 25, 2009 US missile strikes hit heart of Pakistan Taliban Jun 24, 2009 World Briefs Jun 24, 2009 Pakistan assassination exposes Taliban rifts Jun 24, 2009 Report: U.S. Missiles Hit Militant Funeral Jun 24, 2009 Suspected US air strikes kill 17 - officials Jun 24, 2009 A `trusted guard` on Tuesday killed a militant commander who had recently announced his opposition to Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) chief Baitullah Mehsud Jun 24, 2009 Pakistan targets its most wanted man Jun 24, 2009 New fight stirs concern in Pakistan Jun 24, 2009 Pakistan launches airstrikes after bases attacked Jun 23, 2009 Pakistan puts Taliban leader in crosshairs Jun 23, 2009 Pakistani Taliban chief's rival shot dead Jun 23, 2009 Tribal leader killed in Pakistan Jun 23, 2009 Taliban Commander Shot Dead in Pakistan Jun 23, 2009 Pak: Taliban leader Mehsud rival dead Jun 23, 2009 Pakistan readies new operation against Taliban Jun 17, 2009 Thirteen people killed in separate attacks Jun 16, 2009 Pakistan to launch offensive on Taliban chief Jun 16, 2009 Pakistan army ordered to go after Taliban chief Jun 16, 2009 Taliban head 'must be eliminated' Jun 16, 2009 Pakistan steels for army assault on Waziristan Jun 16, 2009 Suspected suicide blast kills 40 in Pakistan Jun 6, 2009 * Bomb blast kills 40 worshippers in northwest Pakistan Jun 6, 2009 Deadly Bomb Blast in Northwestern Pakistan Jun 1, 2009 Pakistan Reports Gains In Swat; Trouble Flares Elsewhere Jun 1, 2009 Taliban turn to bombings after losing stronghold Jun 1, 2009 Pakistani Army retakes largest town in Swat Valley May 31, 2009 25 more militants killed in NW Pakistan operation May 31, 2009 Death toll rises to 15 in Pakistan explosions May 29, 2009 Security forces kill 2 Taliban, arrest another two in ensuing gunbattle in Peshawar May 29, 2009 String of blasts in Pakistan kill 24 May 29, 2009
Mahsud reported from Dera Ismail Khan and Becatoros from Islamabad. Associated Press writers Riaz Khan in Peshawar, Habib Khan in Khar and Ashraf Khan and Nahal Toosi in Islamabad contributed to this report. (USA Today)
Taliban leader’s death disputed, shootout claimed Aug 9, 2009
Daily American - Taliban leader s death disputed, shootout claimed. Interior Minister Rahman Malik said late Saturday authorities received information about a fight breaking out during a meeting, or shura, between groups led by Hakimullah one of the Taliban s most powerful commanders and Waliur Rehman. (Somerset Daily American, PA)
"Haji Turkestan Bhitni comes from our area [South Waziristan]. He is the new guide for the military in the region, like Baitullah used to be. Now Turkestan's people are settling their scores against every Mehsud. They lead the military to any home of the Mehsud people, in Tank and in Dera Ismail Khan, and then raids are conducted. "We have told military officials many times that had we been with Baitullah, we would not be living as refugees in different cities ... Target[ed] killings of our... (Asia Times Online)
DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan - Pakistan's Taliban commander Baitullah Mehsud, who unleashed a fearsome campaign of suicide attacks and assassinations that made him the country's most-wanted man, was killed in a U.S. missile strike, an aide said Friday. The U.S. put a $5 million bounty on his head in March. (Athens Banner-Herald)
Despite a string of peace deals with the government, Mehsud set up training camps for recruits, and spread his influence into the districts of North Waziristan and Bajaur, as well as the nearby cities of Tank and Dera Ismail Khan. Taliban influence also expanded from the long-troubled tribal belt stringing Afghanistan to the picturesque Swat valley to the northwest, which had been a peaceful holiday spot popular with foreigners and Pakistanis. (iAfrica.com)
In this photo taken Tuesday, Aug. 4, 2009, Pakistani villagers look at a house belonging to supporters of Pakistani Taliban leader Baitullah Mehsud which was destroyed by authorities in Dera Ismail Khan, Pakistan. (AP Photo/Ishtiaq Mehsud). (Rhinelander Daily News, WI)
Villagers looked at the remains of a house belonging to supporters of Taliban leader Baitullah Mehsud in Dera Ismail Khan, Pakistan. Reports of Mehsud s death were unconfirmed. (Boston Globe)
DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan (AP) Pakistan's Taliban chief has been killed in a CIA missile strike and his body buried, three Pakistani intelligence officials said Friday. But one of the three said no intelligence agent had actually seen the remains. (USA Today)
Ishtiaq Mehsud / APPakistani villagers on Tuesdaylook at a house belonging to supporters of Pakistani Taliban leader Baitullah Mehsudthat was destroyed by authorities in Dera Ismail Khan, Pakistan ... DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan - A suspected U.S. missile strike killed a wife of Pakistani Taliban chief Baitullah Mehsud at his father-in-law's house Wednesday, Pakistani intelligence and military officials said. (MSNBC -- International)
DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan - A suspected US missile strike killed a wife of Pakistani Taliban chief Baitullah Mehsud at his father-in-law s house yesterday, Pakistani intelligence and military officials said. Mehsud associates acknowledged a woman was killed but would not confirm her identity. (Boston Globe)
DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan -- Two Pakistani intelligence and one army official said Wednesday that a U.S. missile strike in northeastern Pakistan had killed a wife of top Pakistani Taliban leader Baitullah Mehsud. Mehsud's associates would not confirm the report, although they did say a woman was killed in the missile strike in South Waziristan, part of the lawless tribal region along Pakistan's border with Afghanistan and where Taliban and al-Qaida leaders are believed to be hiding. (Newsmax)
DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan, Aug. 5, 2009. Officials: Taliban Boss's Wife Killed. (CBS News -- US)
Asia Times Online has learnt that Pakistan has gradually moved its forces into Bannu, the principal city of Bannu district in North-West Frontier Province (NWFP), and Dera Ismail Khan, another city in NWFP. It has also stationed troops in the Waziristans. Tension is rising there, with the Taliban having disrupted the supply lines of troops based in North Waziristan. (Asia Times Online)
Many of the displaced from South Waziristan are now in Dera Ismail Khan ... "We then walked for three days from Miranshah to get to Dera Ismail Khan where we arrived on 16 May." ... "At least 70,000 people have left the war zone for [the town of] Dera Ismail Khan," says Zafar Mehsud, head of a local relief organisation. (BBC News)
At least 15 other Taliban were arrested in various parts of Swat, it said, adding that one soldier died in an exchange of fire with Taliban in South Waziristan, while two others were killed in a bomb blast at a mosque in Dera Ismail Khan. Also, security forces and political authorities of Bajaur Agency arrested five Taliban and destroyed three houses. (Daily Times, Pakistan)
DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan, July 10, 2009. Suspected U.S. Strike Hits Taliban; 3 Dead. (CBS News)
DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan A suspected U.S. missile struck a communication center of the Pakistani Taliban leader today, killing at least three people, intelligence officials said. The attack was the latest in a string of similar strikes by suspected U.S. drone aircraft in recent weeks to target Baitullah Mehsud and his network of militants. (Honolulu Advertiser)
DERA ISMAIL KHAN Pakistani jets killed 12 suspected militants in South Waziristan on Thursday, a day after suspected U.S. missile strikes killed up to 45 insurgents in twin strikes in the stronghold of Pakistani Taliban leader Baitullah Mehsud, intelligence officials said. The convergence of U.S. and Pakistani interests against Mehsud suggests the two uneasy allies are cooperating in the U.S. missile strikes, making it harder for Islamabad to protest them publicly as it has in the past. (Fox News)
DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan (AP) - Suspected U.S. drones launched two missile attacks on Taliban targets in the South Waziristan tribal region on Wednesday, killing at least 45 militants in the latest in a barrage of strikes close to the Afghan border, intelligence officials said. The army said the top Taliban commander in another area of the northwest, the scenic Swat Valley, was wounded in a Pakistani airstrike. (The Drudge Report)
In this photo taken on Monday, July 6, 2009, a local child strolls over debris of a house destroyed by Pakistani security forces during a search operation against militants, in Kolachi, near Dera Ismail Khan. (AP Photo/Ishtiaq Mahsud). (CBS News -- World)
Three people have been killed in two separate sectarian attacks in the troubled district of Dera Ismail Khan in north-west Pakistan, officials say ... Dera Ismail Khan borders the tribal region of South Waziristan where the Pakistani army is engaged in an operation against Taliban militants ... In recent days, Dera Ismail Khan has seen increasing numbers of pro-government Taliban militants on its streets, our correspondent says. (BBC News -- South Asia)
Two militant bases and three training centres located in an area between Tank and Dera Ismail Khan were destroyed in strikes by gunship helicopters, Express 24/7 news channel reported. About 25 suspected militants were arrested during a search operation on the outskirts of Dera Ismail Khan town today. (India Times, India)
The private NNI news agency quoted Dr. Muhammad Aslam, executive health officer of the Dera Ismail Khan district, as saying that a team of doctors had been sent to the area with vaccines and the health department was ready to face the challenge, adding that more vaccination would be sent to the area if needed. Aslam said that about 800 locals of the Naivela Union Council of the Dera Ismail Khan district had not received vaccination due to shortage of vaccine drops ... In most parts of the Dera... (Xinhuanet, China)
Pakistani security officials examine the site of a bomb explosion in Dera Ismail Khan, Pakistan, Wednesday, July 1, 2009. A roadside bomb aimed at a local police chief's vehicle exploded in northwest Pakistan early Wednesday, killing a passer-by, police said. (Burley South Idaho Press, ID)
Associated Press writers Ishtiaq Mahsud in Dera Ismail Khan and Hussain Afzal in Parachinar contributed to this report. Written By ZARAR KHAN. (ABC 7 News, DC)
Associated Press writer Ishtiaq Mahsud in Dera Ismail Khan contributed to this report. A service of the Associated Press(AP). (Rhinelander Daily News, WI)
DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan (AFP) - At least three civilians were killed and seven wounded in clashes between militants and security forces in Pakistan's lawless tribal belt, officials said. The battle erupted overnight in Wana, the main town in South Waziristan, a mountainous area outside direct government control on the Afghan border where Pakistani forces are preparing an operation against Taliban warlord Baitullah Mehsud. (Yahoo! Asia News)
Associated Press writer Ishtiaq Mahsud in Dera Ismail Khan contributed to this report. Comments. (San Francisco Chronicle)
By Syed Shoaib Hasan BBC News, Dera Ismail Khan ... His funeral took place in Dera Ismail Khan in north-west Pakistan ... A small number of people - his men and journalists - stood for nearly an hour in the debilitating heat of Dera Ismail Khan as the last rites were performed. (BBC News -- South Asia)
But early on Tuesday, in the dusty and wild northwest town of Dera Ismail Khan, Mehsud appears to have struck first. After rising for dawn prayers, Zainuddin returned to sleep, and was shot dead by one of his own bodyguards who fled the scene in a waiting car. (Time.com)
An intelligence official in Dera Ismail Khan district bordering South Waziristan said that the death tolls were impossible to verify. Frankly nobody is clear about the actual number as the government has no writ in that area. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- Sports)
Daily Times - Leading News Resource of Pakistan. Thursday, June 25, 2009. (Daily Times, Pakistan)
Zainuddin was killed in the northwestern town of Dera Ismail Khan, said Iqbal Khan, the town's district police chief, and the tribal leader's death revealed the tenuous hold of his splinter group in the area ... The killing also showed just how tenuous this splinter group's hold on power in the Tank and Dera Ismail Khan area was, Masood said. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Associated Press writers Istiaq Mahsud in Dera Ismail Khan and Kathy Gannon in Peshawar contributed to this report. 2009 Associated Press. (Newsmax)
Some 60km south of Tank, the city of Dera Ismail Khan is in deep trouble, a top administrative official says. "Militants are protected by quarters that are beyond accountability, and the ensuing anarchy has opened many avenues of corruption for officials both in the police and the administration," he says. (BBC News)
The killing of Zainuddin, in the North West Frontier town of Dera Ismail Khan, showed Mehsud's reach and would be a setback for government efforts to win over ethnic Pashtun tribal factions for the campaign against Mehsud, analysts said. Nearly 1,600 militants and more than 100 soldiers have been killed in the Swat offensive, according to the military. (AlertNet)
An intelligence official in Dera Ismail Khan district bordering South Waziristan said they were relying on reports from people fleeing the area. "Residents coming from the area said that more than forty militants were killed and dozens injured," he said. (Sydney Morning Herald -- World)
Qari Zainuddin, 30, a member of the Taliban leader's Mehsud tribe, was shot while he slept at his headquarters on Tuesday morning in Dera Ismail Khan, a town on the edge of the extremist-controlled South Waziristan region. In an interview with McClatchy Newspapers this month, Zainuddin vowed to foment a tribal uprising against Mehsud, who's affiliated with al-Qaida. (Erie Times-News, PA)
The leader of aTaliban faction, Qari Zainuddin, second right, is seen on June 7, accompanied by his bodyguards at his office in Dera Ismail Khan, Pakistan. . (MSNBC -- International)
DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan, June 23, 2009. Report: U.S. Missiles Hit Militant Funeral. (CBS News -- World)
The attacks came after Qari Zainuddin, a tribal leader aligned against Mehsud, was shot dead in the northwestern town of Dera Ismail Khan. Pakistan publicly opposes the US strikes, saying they violate its territorial sovereignty and deepen resentment among the populace. (Yahoo! Asia News)
DERA ISMAIL KHAN: A trusted guard on Tuesday killed a militant commander who had recently announced his opposition to Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) chief Baitullah Mehsud, police and Taliban sources said. Qari Zainuddin, leader of the Abdullah Group, was shot dead by his guard, Gulbuddin Mehsud, police official Salahuddin told reporters. (Daily Times, Pakistan)
News reports on Tuesday, though, said that he had been gunned down on Tuesday morning in Dera Ismail Khan, a town in North-West Frontier Province. In the past few months, Zainuddin had been very vocal against Baitullah, saying that his targeting of the Pakistani state was against Islam. (Asia Times Online)
But Tuesday, while Zainuddin was napping after morning prayers in the town of Dera Ismail Khan, a gunman burst in and shot him dead. Pakistani officials said the gunman was probably acting on behalf of Mehsud. (Huntington WSAZ-TV, WV)
Associated Press writers Ishtiaq Mahsud in Dera Ismail Khan, Hussain Afzal in Para Chinar and Zarar Khan in Islamabad contributed to this report. More Stories. (North County Times)
Zainuddin has teamed up with Turkistan Bhittani, a leader of the Bhittani clan, also of South Waziristan, and the duo are leading an effort to block the movement of Mehsud's men in the neighboring districts of Tank and Dera Ismail Khan. Still, it would be a mistake for the government to place all of its faith in Mehsud's rivals, says Mr. Shah, the former security chief. (Christian Science Monitor)
ISLAMABAD, June 23 (Xinhua) -- Qari Zainuddin, a rival to Pakistani Taliban chief Baitullah Mahsud, was shot dead Tuesday morning in the northwestern Pakistani town of Dera Ismail Khan, according to local TV reports ... Sources said that a gunman Gulbaddin Mahsud opened fire on Zainuddin after morning prayers at Dera Ismail Khan, where Zainuddin had been living since he had declared war on Baitullah Mahsud. (Xinhuanet, China)
A tribal leader who opposed the head of the Taliban in Pakistan has been shot dead in the north-western Pakistani town of Dera Ismail Khan, police said. Qari Zainuddin, 26, who often criticised Taliban head Baitullah Mehsud, was killed by a gunman in his office early on Tuesday. (BBC News -- South Asia)
June 7: Taliban faction leader Qari Zainuddin is accompanied by his bodyguards in his office in Dera Ismail Khan, Pakistan ... Zainuddin was gunned down in nearby town of Dera Ismail Khan ... Zainuddin was estimated to have about 3,000 armed followers in Dera Ismail Khan and nearby Tank. (Fox News)
He was killed in the northwestern town of Dera Ismail Khan, police said. "I confirm that Qari Zainuddin has been shot dead," Salahuddin, superintendent of police in the city, said. (India Times, India)
Convoys of military trucks carrying tanks and heavy artillery were seen Tuesday in the nearby towns of Dera Ismail Khan and Tank ... Associated Press writers Ishtiaq Mahsud in Dera Ismail Khan, and Munir Ahmad and Zarar Khan in Islamabad contributed to this report. (North County Times)
The bomb exploded in the city of Dera Ismail Khan, said Syed Mohsan Shah, the district coordination officer in the city. The attack was retaliation for the massive military offensive against militants in the region, the city's police chief said. (CNN -- World)
DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan - Pakistan said it will pursue an army operation against the country's top Taliban commander, a feared militant based in a tribal region along the Afghan border where a suspected U.S. missile strike killed five people Sunday. The announcement came as violence raged in other parts of the volatile northwest. (MSNBC -- International)
Meanwhile, a bomb rocked a market Sunday in the northwestern town of Dera Ismail Khan. Government official Inayat Ullah said 11 to 13 pounds of explosives were planted in a fruit vendor's hand-pulled cart in the market. (San Francisco Chronicle)
At least eight people were killed in a bomb attack at a market in the north-western town of Dera Ismail Khan on Sunday. The explosives were reported to have been detonated by remote control after being hidden in a rickshaw. (BBC News -- South Asia)
Extra police roadblocks caused unusually long traffic tailbacks in the capital on Monday morning as Rehman feared more bomb attacks like those that killed eight people in Dera Ismail Khan on Sunday and nine in a Peshawar hotel last week. U.S. officials say they believe the Pakistan army has started a big push into Mehsud's mountainous redoubt, and on Sunday Awais Ahmed Ghani, governor of North West Frontier Province, confirmed an operation had been ordered. (AlertNet)
Last week, a string of militant attacks in Peshawar and Dera Ismail Khan -- also located in the province -- killed 12 people. There was no immediate claim of responsibility for any of the attacks. (CNN -- World)
The military says more than 1,200 militants and 90 soldiers have been killed since the army swung into action in late April, while the militants have carried out bomb attacks in Lahore, and the northwestern cities of Peshawar and Dera Ismail Khan. The people of Swat have realized that the entire misery which we are facing today, it is because of the Taliban, because of the terrorists, who are not only enemies of the country but enemies of Islam, Interior Minister Rehman Malik said. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- Sports)
Associated Press writers Ishtiaq Mahsud in Dera Ismail Khan and Vijay Joshi contributed to this report from Singapore. MORE.. (Time.com)
DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan (May 31, 2009)--Fighting in a northwest tribal region of Pakistan could raise the odds that the army will extend an offensive to semi-autonomous tribal areas near Afghanistan. It's an area where al-Qaeda and the Taliban have long proliferated. (KWTX.com, TX)
That night, suicide bomb attacks killed four police officers on the outskirts of Peshawar and two people in the north-west city of Dera Ismail Khan. As a result, security was tightened in Islamabad, the capital, and other cities. (Sydney Morning Herald -- World)
That night, suicide bomb attacks killed four police officers on the outskirts of Peshawar and two people in the northwest city of Dera Ismail Khan. As a result, security was tightened in Islamabad, the capital, and other major cities. (Boston Globe)
ISLAMABAD, May 28 (Xinhua) -- At least one person was killed and seven others injured Thursday evening in a huge blast on a check post in the northwestern Pakistani city of Dera Ismail Khan, local TV channels reported. The blast near the Town Hall in Dera Ismail Khan caused several vehicles nearby on fire, according to the private Geo TV.. (Xinhuanet, China)
Another suicide bombing occurred later in Dera Ismail Khan, the province's southernmost city ... Peshawar and Dera Ismail Khan are more than 250 kilometers (155 miles) apart. (CNN -- World)
PESHAWAR: Two bomb blasts killed at least six people and injured 100 in the historic Qissa Khawani Bazaar in Peshawar on Thursday as a suicide bomber according to various news agencies rammed his explosives-laden vehicle in a security checkpost in Dera Ismail Khan, killing three and injuring 13 ... Meanwhile in Dera Ismail Khan, AFP reported that a policeman and two passers-by were killed and 13 people wounded when a suicide attacker exploded an auto-rickshaw near a police checkpoint. (Daily Times, Pakistan)
In a fourth attack, a policeman and two passers-by were killed and 13 people wounded when a suicide attacker exploded an auto-rickshaw near a police checkpoint in the city of Dera Ismail Khan, about 300 kilometres (186 miles) south of Peshawar, local police chief Iqbal Khan said. Dera Ismail Khan and Peshawar lie on the fringes of lawless tribal areas along the mountainous border with Afghanistan, where Washington says Al-Qaeda and Taliban militants are holed up, plotting attacks on the West. (Yahoo! Asia News)
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