The village in mountainous Buner district has been the worst hit by recent massive rain in the country, accounting for over 200 deaths out of nearly 400 in floods in the northwest since August 15. Two ...

Buner, the district 60 miles north of Islamabad whose fall to the Taliban last month sparked alarmed American warnings about the future of Pakistan, has been substantially wrestled from militant hands ...

Islamabad: Taliban militants from Pakistans Swat valley are refusing to budge out of the Buner district which they forcibly occupied and have established a big base in the town, located just 100 km ...

The intense rain has spread destruction in several northern districts, with most fatalities resulting from flash floods, according to the National Disaster Management Authority. In hilly regions, ...

Pakistani commandos were dropped behind Taliban lines by helicopter to seize control of the main town in the Taliban-infiltrated district of Buner in fighting that killed 50 militants, the military ...

Mohan Kumar may just be another Pacha Kalay resident for many visiting the Buner village since centuries to pay homage at the shrine of Syed Ali Tirmizi, popularly known as Pir Baba. Among locals, ...

Two days before his wedding, Noor Muhammad had a long phone call with his mother, just hours before devastating floods in Pakistan killed her along with 23 family members and relatives. "I cannot ...

PESHAWAR Suspension of raw material supply from Buner has put the country's marble industry in jeopardy, rendered thousands of workers jobless and hit hard the local economy. The military's clean-up ...

It isn’t hard to recognize a Pakistani Taliban fighter. Most of the thickly bearded men are barely in their 20s — members of a new and fiercer generation of jihadists. Their long black hair flows down ...

The district administration of Buner in Pakistan’s Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa arrested 14 shopkeepers for selling women’s undergarments in the open, The Express Tribune reported on Wednesday. “We received ...

Islamabad: Fierce fighting broke out in Pakistan's restive Buner district on Friday as troops backed by fighters and tanks were trying to overcome stiff resistance from the entrenched Taliban, killing ...