One killed, 10 injured in Peshawar car bomb attack (Second Lead)October 15th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - A six-year-old child was killed and 10 others injured Thursday in a car bomb explosion in Pakistan's northwestern Peshawar city, police and eyewitnesses said. A man detonated an explosives-laden car through a remote control device at a residential area in the Kohat locality of the city, police chief Liaqat Ali said.
Car bomb kills 14 in Peshawar (Second Lead)October 9th, 2009 PESHAWAR - Fourteen people were killed and about 40 injured Friday when a car stuffed with explosives blew up in a bustling market in Pakistan's Peshawar city. The explosion occurred around noon at the Karachi Bazaar, close to the North West Frontier Province (NWFP) assembly.
Top police official says suicide car bomber carried out massive attack in Peshawar, PakistanOctober 9th, 2009 Police: Suicide car bomb behind Pakistan attackPESHAWAR, Pakistan — A top Pakistani police official says a deadly attack in the northwestern city of Peshawar was launched by a suicide bomber in an explosives-laden car. Peshawar police chief Liaqat Ali Khan says the vehicle was packed with a "huge quantity of explosives and artillery rounds."
Officials say the blast killed 41 people and injured more than 100 others.
Pakistani official says 30 killed in Peshawar bombing, more than 100 woundedOctober 9th, 2009 Official: Bomb kills 30, wounds 100 in NW PakistanPESHAWAR, Pakistan — A Pakistani official says 30 people have been killed in a bomb blast in the northwestern city of Peshawar. Provincial Information Minister Mian Iftikhar Hussain says the Friday explosion also wounded more than 100 people.
Top police official says suicide car bomber carried out massive attack in PeshawarOctober 9th, 2009 Police: Suicide car bomb behind Peshawar attackPESHAWAR, Pakistan — A top Pakistani police official says a deadly attack in the northwestern city of Peshawar was launched by a suicide bomber in an explosives-laden car. Peshawar police chief Liaqat Ali Khan says the vehicle was packed with a "huge quantity of explosives and artillery rounds."
Officials say the blast killed 41 people and injured more than 100 others.
5 security personnel killed, 4 injured in Swat suicide car bomb attackAugust 15th, 2009 PESHAWAR - At least five security personnel were killed and four others including a civilian,were injured in a suicide car bomb attack at a checkpoint in Swat valley on Saturday. "A suicide bomber blew up his vehicle near a military checkpost in Waliabad village, killing at least three soldiers," The Nation quoted a senior security official, as saying.
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.
Six killed, 15 injured in Rawalpindi suicide bomb attackJuly 2nd, 2009 RAWALPINDI - At least six persons were killed and over 15 injured in a suicide bomb attack here on Thursday. The attack which took place in the Chur Chowk area of the city was earlier referred to as a bomb blast, but later senior police officials confirmed that it was a suicide attack.
Peshawar tense after suicide attack, two gunmen killed (Lead)June 12th, 2009 PESHAWAR - Pakistani security forces have shot dead two gunmen in overnight clashes in northwestern Peshawar city, close on the heels of a suicide bomb attack in which three people were killed and 13 policemen injured, as the city remained tense amid fears of more unrest. Two gunmen were killed in a shootout that lasted for an hour on the Ring road Thursday night, the Geo TV said Friday, adding that seven of their accomplices have been captured.
Peshawar tense after suicide bomb attackJune 12th, 2009 PESHAWAR - The northwestern Pakistani city of Peshawar was tense Thursday following a suicide bomb attack in which three people were killed and 13 policemen injured. The blast occurred near two police vans on the Ring Road in Peshawar City.
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.
Five killed, 25 injured in Peshawar suicide attackMay 5th, 2009 PESHAWAR - At least five persons were killed in a suicide attack on a Frontier Corps convoy here on Tuesday. The attack took place near the Bara Qadim police checkpost situated on the border between Peshawar and the Khyber Agency, the Dawn reports.
Eight security personnel killed in Peshawar blastMarch 7th, 2009 PESHAWAR - Eight security personnel were killed when an abandoned car they sought to check exploded on the outskirts of Pakistan's Peshawar city Saturday. Residents of Badahber village had alerted the police to the car parked on a roadside with a man's body inside.
8 killed in Peshawar suicide blastMarch 7th, 2009 PESHAWAR - Eight people, including seven policemen, were killed in a suicide bomb attack in the outskirts of Pakistan's Peshawar city Saturday, a media report said. The blast took place when a police mobile van was passing through Badhber in the outskirts of Peshawar, Dawn TV reported.
Legislator killed in Pakistan bomb attackFebruary 10th, 2009 ISLAMBAD - A provincial lawmaker was killed Wednesday in a bomb attack in northwestern Pakistan, the police said. Alam Zeb Khan, a leader from the Awami National Party (ANP), was in his car when he was attacked near his residence in Peshawar, capital of the North West Frontier Province (NWFP), the police said.