Police say suicide bombing at market in northwest Pakistan kills at least 7 peopleSeptember 18th, 2009 Police: Bomb kills 7 in NW Pakistan marketPESHAWAR, Pakistan — A suicide bomber rammed an explosives-laden vehicle into a hotel in a northwest Pakistan market on Friday, killing seven people in a possible sectarian attack, police said. The attack was the second in two days in Kohat, a rough town not far from the Afghan border with a history of violence between the Shiite and Sunni Muslim sects.
Suspected US missile strike kills 3 in NW Pakistan, intelligence officials saySeptember 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.
Officials: Roadside bomb hits Pakistan army convoy in northwest, kills 2 soldiersSeptember 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.
Iraqi police: Car bomb explodes near US base north of Baghdad, kills 1August 27th, 2009 Iraqi police: Car bomb kills 1 near US baseBAGHDAD — Iraqi police officials say a string of car bombs have targeted Iraqi security forces in and around Baghdad, killing one and wounding 19 people. The blasts come as security has tightened throughout Iraq ahead of the funeral of Iraqi Shiite leader Abdul-Aziz al-Hakim.
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.
Police say a bomb at a checkpoint close to the Pakistani capital wounds 7 peopleAugust 20th, 2009 Bomb wounds 7 close to Pakistan capitalRAWALPINDI, Pakistan — A bomb exploded at a security checkpoint close to the Pakistani capital late Thursday, wounding seven people. Pakistan is battling Islamist militants blamed for scores of bloody bombings over the last two years.
Explosion kills 6 Taliban militants while planting roadside bomb in AfghanistanAugust 10th, 2009 Bomb blast kills 6 Taliban while planting IEDKABUL —Six Taliban militants are dead after a roadside bomb they were planting exploded prematurely. Abdul Zarif, an Afghan official in Zabul province, says the six militants were planting the bomb around 3 a.m.
Police say bomb blast at court kills 2, wounds 4 in northwest PakistanJuly 29th, 2009 Police: Bomb kills 2, wounds 4 in PakistanDERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan — Police say a bomb has ripped through the parking area at a court in northwest Pakistan, killing two men guarding a Shiite Muslim lawyer and wounding four people. No one immediately claimed responsibility for the attack Wednesday in Dera Ismail Khan, but the city has witnessed both Taliban-related violence and sectarian fighting between Sunni and Shiite Muslims.
Officials say 12 tribesmen, 4 Taliban killed in clashes in restive northwest PakistanJuly 4th, 2009 Officials say 16 killed in clashes in NW PakistanPESHAWAR, Pakistan — Clashes between tribesmen and Taliban militants left 16 people dead in Pakistan's northwest on Saturday, officials said, in the latest violence between pro-government tribal militias and insurgents. Also Saturday, the Taliban said it shot down a helicopter that crashed Friday in the northwest, killing 26 government troops.
Roadside bomb kills Iraqi soldier in Baghdad, wounds 7 other peopleJuly 2nd, 2009 Roadside bomb kills Iraqi soldier in BaghdadBAGHDAD — Police say a roadside bomb killed an Iraqi soldier and wounded seven other people in central Baghdad. It's the latest in a wave of attacks following U.S.
Lawmaker: Tribesmen need Pakistani army backup to battle Taliban as clashes kill 35July 1st, 2009 Pakistan tribes request army aid against TalibanPARACHINAR, Pakistan — Tribesmen attacked Taliban hide-outs in northwestern Pakistan on Wednesday, killing 28 militants and suffering seven fatalities themselves, and the intensifying battles prompted them to ask for army troops to help, a local lawmaker said. The latest clash between local militias and the Taliban came as an opinion poll released Wednesday said more than 80 percent of Pakistanis view the fundamentalist Muslim militants as a critical threat to the country.
Iraqi police say bomb kills 7 in southwest Baghdad, other attacks kill 2June 25th, 2009 Iraqi police say bomb kills 7 in southwest BaghdadBAGHDAD — Iraqi police say a bomb has killed seven people and wounded 31 others at a bus station in a Shiite neighborhood in southwest Baghdad, the latest in a series of attacks ahead of a U.S. military withdrawal from cities next week.
Bicycle bomb kills 2 Afghans, including a child, in southern AfghanistanJune 18th, 2009 Bombs kill 5 police, 2 civilians in AfghanistanKANDAHAR, Afghanistan — A bomb strapped to a parked bicycle exploded near a construction office in southern Afghanistan on Thursday, killing one employee and a child about 11 years old, police said. Meanwhile, five police officers died when a police vehicle hit a roadside bomb in Kandahar province's Shorawak district, said Gen.
Taliban try to run, find themselves cornered in northwest Pakistan by locals angry over attackJune 9th, 2009 Taliban cornered in NW Pakistan by angry localsISLAMABAD — A group of Taliban fighters under siege by hundreds of angry tribesmen tried to sneak to another village in northwest Pakistan, only to find themselves cornered there too, an official said Tuesday. A citizens' militia that sprang up over the weekend to avenge a deadly suicide bombing at a mosque in Upper Dir district appeared unwilling to stop pursuing the Islamist fighters, underscoring the rising anti-Taliban sentiment in Pakistan.
Bomb in Afghan capital kills police officer, while roadside blast kills 3 soldiers in eastApril 24th, 2009 Bomb in Afghan capital kills police officerKABUL — A bomb inside a package left at a checkpoint in Afghanistan's capital exploded early Friday when police opened it, killing one officer, police said. Police stopped a man walking with a large package in southern Kabul before dawn, and the man quickly dropped the box and ran off, said Ahsib Arian, the district police chief.
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