Explosion, gunfire near police station in Pakistan’s Swat Valley kill 3 recruits

October 12th, 2009 Explosion in northwest Pakistan kills 7PESHAWAR, Pakistan — Seven people are dead after an explosion in a district next to the troubled Swat Valley. Local Mayor Bakhte Alam says many more are wounded in the Monday blast in a Shangla district market.

October 12th, 2009 Explosion rocks NW Pakistan, casualties fearedPESHAWAR, Pakistan — Pakistani police say an explosion has rocked a market in a northwest district next to the troubled Swat Valley. Police official Tahir Khan says casualties are feared in the Monday blast, which may have been a car bombing.

October 12th, 2009 Explosion in northwest Pakistan kills 29PESHAWAR, Pakistan — Police say the death toll in a blast in Pakistan's northwest Shangla district has reached 29. Senior police official Idrees Khan says more than 40 people were wounded in the explosion.

October 6th, 2009 CHENNAI - At least two people were killed and four injured when an explosion rocked the Cholavanthan railway station near Madurai Tuesday evening, police said, adding that the nature of the blast was under investigation. The explosion occured just as the Myladuthurai-Tirunellvelli passenger train was entering the station at about 6 p.m., the Madurai police said.

September 9th, 2009 Pakistan: Soldier, 7 militants die in Swat clashISLAMABAD — Pakistan's military says one soldier and seven militants have died in a gunbattle in the northwestern Swat Valley, where the army has waged a four-month-old offensive against the Taliban. An army statement Wednesday says the clash came as security forces were conducting a search operation in the Charai area.

August 30th, 2009 Blast kills 12 police recruits in Pakistan's SwatISLAMABAD — An official says a suicide bomber has killed at least 12 police recruits near the main police station in Pakistan's Swat Valley. It is one of the largest attacks in the northwestern valley since the army said it regained control of it from Taliban militants.

August 30th, 2009 Blast kills 15 police recruits in Pakistan's SwatMINGORA, Pakistan — A suicide bomber killed at least 15 police recruits Sunday in Pakistan's Swat Valley in the deadliest attack since the army regained control over the northwestern valley from the Taliban, officials said. Authorities were investigating reports that the attacker — possibly in uniform — may have hidden among the dozens of recruits, two officials said.

August 30th, 2009 Blast kills 14 police recruits in Pakistan's SwatMINGORA, Pakistan — A suicide bomber killed at least 14 police recruits Sunday in Pakistan's Swat Valley in the deadliest attack since the army regained control over the northwestern valley from the Taliban, officials said. The blast in the yard of the police station in Mingora, Swat's main town, came one day after the army said it had destroyed a major training camp for suicide bombers.

August 17th, 2009 Police station in southern Russia hit by explosionROSTOV-ON-DON, Russia — The Interior Ministry says that a police station in the province of Ingushetia in Russia's restive North Caucasus has been hit by an explosion, and there appeared to be casualties. Madina Khadziyeva of the Interior Ministry's regional branch in Ingushetia says an explosive device was placed next to the local police headquarters in the city of Nazran.

August 12th, 2009 Explosion, gunfire at Pakistan checkpoint kill 2QUETTA, Pakistan — Police in the western Pakistani city of Quetta say a bomb and gunfire attack has targeted a paramilitary checkpoint, killing at least two passers-by and wounding four people, including a police officer. Senior police officer Mohammad Suleman said a booby-trapped motorcycle exploded Wednesday near a Frontier Corps checkpoint in central Quetta, followed by gunmen on another motorcycle opening fire.

July 24th, 2009 Military: Clashes kill 5 militants in NW PakistanISLAMABAD — Security forces say clashes in the troubled Swat Valley and nearby areas in Pakistan's northwest have left five militants and a soldier dead. The military issued a statement Friday saying the deaths occurred during search and clearance operations over the previous 24 hours in various parts of Swat.

June 22nd, 2009 ISLAMABAD - An explosion took place in northwest Pakistan's restive Swat district Monday, killing one policeman, a media report said. It was a suicide attack targeting a checkpost in Batgram area of Swat district in the North West Frontier Province, Geo TV reported.

May 16th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - Pakistani forces have killed 47 Taliban fighters, including two important commanders, in the northwestern Swat valley and three neighbouring districts over the last 24 hours, a spokesman for the Pakistani Army said Saturday. Major General Athar Abbas told reporters in Islamabad that some areas of the Swat valley adjoining Shangla district have been cleared of the rebels.

April 23rd, 2009 Police: Gunmen kill officer in NW PakistanPESHAWAR, Pakistan — Police say gunmen fired on a vehicle escorting paramilitary troops through a Pakistani district recently infiltrated by the Taliban. The troops were among those deployed Wednesday to protect government buildings and bridges in Buner, a district near the capital of Islamabad.

March 24th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - One person was killed and several others were injured in an explosion at a police station here Monday. The explosion occurred at a police station in sector G-7 near Sitara Market.