Pakistan militants attack 3 government, security facilities in eastern city of Lahore

October 15th, 2009 Official: 7 killed in attack on LahoreLAHORE, Pakistan — A Pakistani official says seven people have been killed when a team of gunmen attacked the federal law enforcement building in the eastern city of Lahore. Senior official Sajjad Bhutta said Thursday the attack lasted about 1 1/2 hours and was over by 11 a.m.

October 14th, 2009 Pakistan police: 2 die in gunfight in Lahore siegeLAHORE, Pakistan — Pakistani police say two people have been killed in a gunfight at a federal building in the eastern city of Lahore. Senior police official Chaudhry Shafiq says one of the dead wore a suicide jacket laden with explosives.

October 14th, 2009 Gunmen attack federal building in PakistanLAHORE, Pakistan — Gunmen entered a federal law enforcement building in Pakistan's eastern city of Lahore on Thursday, firing shots and terrifying employees in the latest in a string of attacks to rock this U.S.-allied nuclear-armed country as it prepares to launch a major offensive in a Taliban and al-Qaida stronghold. In the Taliban-riddled northwest, meanwhile, a suicide car bomber detonated his vehicle next to a police station, killing at least eight people, while a suspected U.S.

October 14th, 2009 Police: Gunmen attack Lahore police academyLAHORE, Pakistan — Pakistani police say have gunmen attacked a police academy on the outskirts of the eastern city of Lahore. The academy attack occurred Thursday as another team of gunmen were firing shots inside a federal law enforcement building in the city.

July 21st, 2009 Militants attack gov't center in east AfghanistanKABUL — A U.S. military official says a group of militants has launched an attack against a government center in eastern Afghanistan.

July 13th, 2009 Police: Blast kills at least 3 in east PakistanISLAMABAD — A explosion rocked a small village in eastern Pakistan on Monday, killing at least 3 people, police said. Some 25 people were wounded, while local media reported at least two dozen homes were damaged or destroyed.

June 17th, 2009 Suspect in Sri Lanka cricket attack arrestedISLAMABAD — Pakistani police say they have made their first arrest in the attack on Sri Lanka's cricket team in the eastern city of Lahore in March. Lahore police Chief Pervez Rathore said Wednesday the suspect was a member of a banned militant organization, but refused to name the group.

June 9th, 2009 Recent attacks in or linked to PakistanA look at some recent major attacks in Pakistan or blamed on Pakistan-based militants: — Oct. 12, 2009: A suicide car bomb explodes near an army vehicle in a market in the northwest Shangla district, killing 41, including six security officers, and wounding 45.

May 27th, 2009 NEW YORK - UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon condemned Wednesday the bomb attack that killed at least 40 people in the Pakistani city of Lahore. "No cause can justify such indiscriminate terrorist violence," Ban said in a statement.

May 27th, 2009 NEW DELHI - India Wednesday condemned the blast in Lahore that killed over 20 people and hoped Pakistan can join hands in fighting the spectre of terror. "I feel sorry that an incident has taken place in Lahore...

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.

April 7th, 2009 LAHORE - Pakistan Intelligence agencies have warned that at least 18 militants have entered Lahore to carry out more attacks. According to The Daily Times, terrorists could use an ambulance and two double-cabin vehicles to strike at important locations.

April 2nd, 2009 LAHORE - Indian passenger buses have been barred from entering the city in the wake of the terror attack on a police academy on its outskirts just 12 km from the Wagah border. When the New Delhi-Lahore bus arrived at Wagah Monday, Pakistani security forces were still attempting to recapture the Manawan academy from a group of terrorists who had taken hundreds of trainees hostage.

March 30th, 2009 LAHORE - The attack on the Lahore police training centre Monday was similar to the Mumbai terror strike, Interior Ministry chief Rehman Malik said while the attack was in progress. Malik told Geo TV that the terror strike in Lahore was similar to the Nov 26-29, 2008 carnage in Mumbai that left about 170 people dead.

March 30th, 2009 LAHORE - Tactical units of the Pakistani security forces have cleared portions of a police academy where several assailants were holed up after killing at least 22 recruits and wounding dozens more in an early morning attack, news reports said Monday. The armed group holed up in the training school on the outskirts of the eastern city of Lahore were believed to have taken up to 150 policemen hostage.