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.
UN chief condemns suicide attack in PakistanSeptember 18th, 2009 NEW YORK - United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon Friday condemned the suicide bomb attack in Pakistan's North West Frontier Province that the UN said killed more than 30 people. Ban reiterated his "rejection of such indiscriminate and reprehensible acts of violence" and sent his condolences to the families of the victims and to the government of Pakistan.
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.
Suicide bombing in Pakistani city of Peshawar kills 3, wounds at least 15August 23rd, 2009 Suicide bomb in Pakistani city of Peshawar kills 3PESHAWAR, Pakistan — Authorities say a suicide bombing on the outskirts in the northwestern Pakistani city of Peshawar has killed three people and wounded 15 others. Peshawar police Chief Safwat Ghayur says the suicide bomber also died in Sunday's attack.
Bomb blast kills six in Peshawar, Taliban claims responsibilityAugust 17th, 2009 Peshawar (NWFP, Pakistan), - At least six people were killed in a car bomb explosion that took place near a petrol station in the tribal dominated area of Charssada on Monday. Among the dead were two women and three children.
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.
Suicide attack in Peshawar kills three, injures 13June 11th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - Three people were killed and 13 others, all of them policemen, were injured Thursday in a suspected suicide attack in Peshawar, the capital of Pakistan's North West Frontier Province (NWFP). This is the second suicide attack in the city in as many days.
Pakistani officials says at least 5 killed, 25 wounded in bomb blast in northwestern PeshawarJune 9th, 2009 Pakistani officials: Huge bomb at Peshawar hotelPESHAWAR, Pakistan — Officials says a huge bomb has exploded at a luxury hotel in the Pakistani city of Peshawar, killing at least five people and wounding 25 others. Police official Liaqat Ali says gunmen stormed into the Pearl Continental Hotel in the northwestern city on Tuesday night just before "a big bomb went off."
Sahibzada Anis, a top government official in Peshawar, says at least five people were killed and 25 wounded.
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.
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.
Suicide blast kills four in northwest PakistanFebruary 22nd, 2009 ISLAMABAD - At least four people were killed Saturday in a suicide car bomb attack in Pakistan's northwestern city of Dera Ismail Khan. The incident comes after Friday's bomb attack at a funeral procession in the city that killed at least 30 people and wounded 85 others.