Islamabad, Sep 29 (Xinhua) Pakistan’s security forces will continue operations against militants in the tribal areas, including the northwest Swat Valley, the News Network International news agency reported Monday.

Kabul, Sep 29 (Xinhua) Nearly 4,000 Pakistani families have sought refuge in Afghanistan’s eastern Kunar province to avoid the ongoing conflict between security forces and militants in Pakistan’s Bajaur tribal region, the UN said here Monday.

Islamabad, Sep 29 (DPA) When thousands of Pakistani troops backed by tanks and artillery moved into Bajaur tribal district to retake a strategic checkpoint from Taliban and Al Qaeda fighters, many thought it would be a relatively easy walk for professional soldiers with huge fire power.

Kabul, Sep 29 (Xinhua) War-torn Afghanistan has experienced its deadliest year in 2008 since the collapse of the Taliban regime in late 2001. The high rate of unemployment and poverty in the war-wracked country is driving young men to join the Taliban - not so much for the ideology as the handsome monthly stipend they offer.

Islamabad, Sep 28 (DPA) Unidentified gunmen kidnapped a Polish employee of an oil exploration firm and killed his driver and two guards in northwestern Pakistan Sunday, the police said.

Islamabad, Sep 27 (Xinhua) At least 25 militants and three soldiers were killed Saturday in an operation carried out by the Pakistan Army in the country’s northwestern Bajaur tribal region, Dawn News TV channel reported.

Khar (Pakistan), Sep 26 (Xinhua) Pakistan’s security forces have killed over 1,000 militants in northwestern Pakistan’s Bajaur tribal region since the military operation was launched last month, an army commander said Friday.

Islamabad, Sep 26 (Xinhua) At least six people were killed and seven injured when a train derailed under the impact of a bomb blast in eastern Pakistan Friday, Geo TV reported.