Bomb blast in Islamabad kills 1, injures 2October 5th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - A bomb explosion outside the UN's World Food Programme offices in Islamabad on Monday killed one person and injures two others, police say. "There was a blast in the street where a UN office is located.
Powerful blast rocks Peshawar, six killedSeptember 26th, 2009 PESHAWAR - Just hours after a suicide strike targeted a police station in Bannu, a powerful bomb blast rocked Peshawar on Saturday killing at least six persons besides injuring many others. The explosion occurred in Saddar area of Peshawar near a private bank, The News reports.
Blast in Kabul kills six, injures 38September 17th, 2009 LONDON - At least six persons have died and 38 injured in a bomb attack on Thursday in the centre of Kabul amid rising tension in Afghanistan. The blast occurred near the U.S embassy.
Suicide attack kills 22 security personnel in PeshawarAugust 28th, 2009 PESHAWAR - At least 22 security personnel were killed and 20 others were injured in a suicide attack which targeted one of the residential barracks of Khasadar Force in Torkham area of Khyber Agency late on Thursday. According to sources, the blast occurred when a suicide bomber entered the barrack of the Khyber Riffles and Khasadar Force and blew himself up.
Peshawar blast: Case registered against Lashkar-e-IslamAugust 24th, 2009 PESHAWAR - The Peshawar Police has registered a case against an outlawed outfit of the Khyber Agency, Lashkar-e-Islam, for killing three persons and injuring 15 in Momin Town in a suicide bomb attack. Four persons, including the suicide bomber, were killed in Peshawar.
Rocket attacks kill two in PeshawarAugust 11th, 2009 PESHAWAR - A pre-dawn rocket attack in the Pakistani city of Peshawar has killed at least two persons and left three others injured, police said. BBC quoted a senior police official as saying that around a dozen rockets had landed in the city in the early morning hours, hitting the office of a paramilitary force.
Five security officers killed in PakistanJuly 20th, 2009 PESHAWAR - At least five security personnel were killed in an ambush and in a roadside bomb attack in Peshawar and Bannu on Monday. Four security personnel were killed on the outskirts of Peshawar from multiple bullet wounds.
Every Pak Taliban outfit wants to claims responsibilty for recent suicide attacksJune 15th, 2009 PESHAWAR - The Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan's (TTP) Orakzai Agency chapter has claimed responsibility for the series of suicide attacks that have rocked the country in the recent past. Taking responsibility for the attacks, including the devastating strike on Peshawar's Pearl Continental Hotel, the Orakzai TTP chief Maulana Saeed Khan said foreigners were the prime target.
Orakzai Taliban claims responsibility for recent Pak suicide attacksJune 15th, 2009 PESHAWAR - The Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan's (TTP) Orakzai Agency chapter has claimed responsibility for the series of suicide attacks that have rocked the country in the recent past. Taking responsibility for the attacks, including the devastating strike on Peshawar's Pearl Continental Hotel, the Orakzai TTP chief Maulana Saeed Khan said foreigners were the prime target.
NWFP minister claims Waziristan Taliban behind Pearl Continental attackJune 12th, 2009 PESHAWAR - The North West Frontier Province (NWFP) Information Minister, Iftikhar Hussain, has held the Waziristan Taliban responsible for Tuesday's suicide bomb attack on the Pearl Continental Hotel here. "Whatever happens in Peshawar comes from Waziristan.
Five killed in Pakistan hotel blastJune 9th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - At least five people were killed and 35 injured Tuesday evening in a bomb blast at a five-star hotel in the northwestern Pakistani city of Peshawar, according to local TV reports. The blast occurred at the Pearl Continental Hotel, a heavily guarded five-star hotel in Peshawar, capital of the North West Frontier Province (NWFP), the Express TV quoted police sources as saying.
Taliban claim responsibility for Lahore blastMay 28th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - The Taliban have claimed responsibility for the suicide bomb attack in Lahore Wednesday that killed at least 23 people, a US-based Islamic militant monitoring group has said. The SITE Intelligence Group said that the Tehreek-e-Taliban militants made the claim in a statement posted on Turkish jihadist websites, Geo TV reported Thursday.
Car bomb kills 6 in PeshawarMay 22nd, 2009 PESHAWAR - A car bomb exploded on Cinema Road in Peshawar, killing six people and injuring more than 20, police said on Friday. The dead and injured are being shifted to the city's hospitals where emergency has been declared, The News reported.
10 dead, 20 injured in powerful car bomb blast in PeshawarMay 16th, 2009 PESHAWAR - At least ten persons including women and children were killed and twenty others were injured in a powerful car bomb blast in Peshawar on Saturday. The blast occurred on the busy Circular Road in the densely populated Berisco area at Kashkal.
Suicide bomber kills 10 in Darra Adam KhelMay 11th, 2009 PESHAWAR - Ten people have been killed and more than 15 including were injured when a suicide bomber detonated an explosives-laden car near a Frontier Constabulary security checkpoint in tribal area of Darra Adam Khel in northwestern Pakistan. The attack hit the outskirts of Darra Adam Khel, a town about 25 kilometres south of Peshawar, the capital of the North West Frontier Province, where security forces are locked in heavy fighting with Taliban further north.
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