The Pakistani military casualties were the first since the government deployed troops to the area that borders two Afghan provinces south of Kabul last year to intercept al-Qaida and Taliban members fleeing U.S. More than 40 men attacked them with rocket-propelled grenades, assault rifles and hand grenades, the army said. Wednesday's battle broke out before dawn when soldiers approached a suspected al-Qaida hide-out near Wana. officials estimate that up to 1,000 al-Qaida fighters still operate in small groups on both sides of the mountainous border. Astros' Alex Bregman reinvents double play with slick bounce pass.Pedro Pascal sets the record straight on good Tex-Mex, Mexican food.Rihanna beach photos spark warnings to not dunk fruit in Galveston's ocean water.Texas just took a big step towards decriminalizing weed.How the Houston Astros fared against Justin Verlander in 1st showdown.Beloved Houston Astros veteran Yuli Gurriel reportedly finds new home.Artist captures incredible images at Houston rodeo-there's just one catch.Wana residents said the army also sent in civilian women to help with searches involving other women. Nearly 2,500 more soldiers have since joined in the search in the region, which is inhabited by fiercely independent, conservative tribesman, many of whom support al-Qaida or the ousted Afghan Taliban regime. military's Operation Anaconda in southeastern Afghanistan in March. Immediately after the attack, the government deployed 500 soldiers to help the 100 or so troops already in the North West Frontier Province to hunt the fugitives, suspected to have fled after the U.S. (Reuters) -Muslims in New Mexico interviewed on Wednesday said they felt shock and shame at the arrest of a Muslim immigrant from. The rest of the fighters escaped in the dark. Two suspected al-Qaida fighters were killed and one, a 15-year-old boy, was captured. The house-to-house searches, mountain patrols and roadblock checks began after more than 40 suspected al-Qaida fighters on Wednesday killed ten Pakistani soldiers near the border town of Wana, about 190 miles west of Islamabad.Ī Pakistani intelligence agent, speaking on condition of anonymity, said the 20 al-Qaida suspects arrested in the past four days included Chechens, Sudanese, Nigerians and Afghans accused of involvement in the border clash.Ī Pakistani major and a captain were among those killed Wednesday and several soldiers were wounded. government would give his army five modern helicopters and three surveillance airplanes next week to help monitor the volatile border region that operates largely outside of central government control, according to a Saturday report by the Islamabad newspaper Ausaf. Pakistani Interior Minister Moinuddin Haider said the U.S. The biometric information that could be on file for those people varies: the Handheld Interagency Identity Detection Equipment (HIIDE) used by the military collects everything from iris scans to.
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