Pakistan: 4 police officers killed in ambush in northwest

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.

September 25th, 2009 Suicide attack on police kills 2 in NW PakistanPESHAWAR, Pakistan — A suicide bomber rammed his explosive-laden car into a police station in northwest Pakistan on Saturday, killing at least two people and wounding 40 others just days after a militant spokesman warned of more attacks. The massive bombing destroyed the police station in Bannu district and most of those hurt were policemen, said police chief Mohammed Farid.

September 7th, 2009 Suspected US missile kills 3 in PakistanMIR ALI, Pakistan — Pakistani intelligence officials say a suspected U.S missile strike has killed three people close to the Afghan border. Two officers say the missile late Monday hit a compound near Mir Ali town in the North Waziristan tribal region.

September 7th, 2009 Roadside bomb hits Pakistan army convoy, 2 deadDERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan — A roadside bomb killed two Pakistani soldiers Monday in a militant stronghold near the Afghan border, intelligence and army officials said. Two soldiers also were wounded when the bomb went off near the convoy traveling from Shakai to Wana, the main town in South Waziristan tribal region, the three officials said.

September 4th, 2009 Army: 5 militants killed in northwest PakistanPESHAWAR, Pakistan — Pakistan says paramilitary troops have killed five suspected militants and arrested 24 in an ongoing operation in the northwestern Khyber tribal region. The paramilitary Frontier Corps announced the deaths in a statement Friday.

July 21st, 2009 Military: 50 die in clashes in northwest PakistanPESHAWAR, Pakistan — Pakistan's military says more than 50 militants and three soldiers have been killed in two days of clashes in the country's restive northwest. Frontier Corps spokesman Maj.

July 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.

July 20th, 2009 Pakistan: 5 security officers killed in northwestPESHAWAR, Pakistan — Gunmen ambushed a police patrol in Pakistan's volatile northwest Monday, killing four officers while a roadside bomb killed a member of another security unit elsewhere in the region. Two officers died during the ambush on the outskirts of Peshawar city early Monday, while two others died later at a hospital from multiple bullet wounds, senior police official Nisar Khan said.

July 16th, 2009 Police: UN worker, bodyguard killed in NW PakistanISLAMABAD — A senior police official says a U.N. employee and a bodyguard have been killed in a shooting at a refugee camp in northwest Pakistan.

July 12th, 2009 Police: Ambush kills 5 police in NW PakistanPESHAWAR, Pakistan — Gunmen ambushed five police officers and a forestry official responding to reports of a dead body in northwestern Pakistan, killing all six, police said Sunday. No group immediately claimed responsibility for the attack, but authorities did not rule out Taliban militants.

July 12th, 2009 Police say ambush kills 5 officers in NW PakistanPESHAWAR, Pakistan — Gunmen ambushed five police officers and a forestry official responding to reports of a dead body in northwestern Pakistan, killing all six, police said Sunday. No group immediately claimed responsibility for the attack, but authorities did not rule out Taliban militants, though other insurgent groups operate in the region.

June 23rd, 2009 7 Colombian police killed in rebel ambushBUENOS AIRES, Colombia — Colombian officials say rebels have killed at least seven members of a police counterinsurgency unit in an ambush in the country's southwest. The regional police commander, Gen.

June 14th, 2009 Police: 8 dead in market bomb blast in PakistanDERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan — Police say eight people have died in a bomb blast at a market in northwest Pakistan. Government official Mohsin Shah said the blast Sunday in Dera Ismail Khan appeared to have been caused by a planted explosive device.

May 5th, 2009 Police say car bomber kills 4 troops in PakistanPESHAWAR — A suicide bomber rammed his explosive-laden car into a vehicle carrying paramilitary forces in northwestern Pakistan on Tuesday, killing at least four troops and wounding several people, including schoolchildren, police said. The attack happened near a checkpoint on the outskirts of Peshawar, the provincial capital of the volative North West Frontier Province, where the military last week launched an offensive against Taliban militants to halt their push toward the capital, Islamabad.

April 18th, 2009 Suicide bomber kills 10 at Pakistani checkpointPESHAWAR, Pakistan — A suicide car bomber attacked security forces manning a checkpoint in Pakistan's troubled northwest on Saturday, killing at least 10 people, officials said. The checkpoint is near the Orakzai tribal region, which has emerged in recent months as a major base for Taliban militants waging war on the Pakistan government.