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.
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.
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.
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.
Drone attack kills 10 in PakistanAugust 11th, 2009 PESHAWAR - A US drone strike in north western Pakistan killed at least 10 suspected militants on Tuesday, authorities said. The attack targeted an insurgents' camp in South Waziristan near the Afghan border, BBC reported.
Rocket attacks kill two in PeshawarAugust 11th, 2009 PESHAWAR - A pre-dawn rocket attack in the Pakistani city of Peshawar has killed at least two persons and left three others injured, police said. BBC quoted a senior police official as saying that around a dozen rockets had landed in the city in the early morning hours, hitting the office of a paramilitary force.
5 rockets slam into Kabul; Afghan police say at least 1 child hurt in rare attack on capitalAugust 4th, 2009 5 rockets hit Afghan capitalKABUL — Five rockets slammed into Kabul at daybreak Tuesday in a rare attack on the Afghan capital less than three weeks before presidential elections, police and residents said. The explosions, heard by AP reporters, occurred to the east of the city near the international airport.
Pakistan: 4 police officers killed in ambush in northwestJuly 20th, 2009 Pakistan: 4 police officers killed in ambushPESHAWAR, Pakistan — Police say gunmen ambushed a police patrol in Pakistan's volatile northwest, killing four officers. Senior police official Nisar Khan says two victims died at the spot on the outskirts of Peshawar city early Monday, while two others died at hospital from multiple bullet wounds.
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.
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.
Car bomb kills 6 in PeshawarMay 22nd, 2009 PESHAWAR - A car bomb exploded on Cinema Road in Peshawar, killing six people and injuring more than 20, police said on Friday. The dead and injured are being shifted to the city's hospitals where emergency has been declared, The News reported.
Rise in Taliban activities around PeshawarMay 11th, 2009 PESHAWAR - Taliban activities are surging in and around Peshawar after the Swat operation began, as traders staged a protest against what they call the government's failure to curb the increasing incidents of abduction. A suicide attack, bomb blasts, rockets attacks and several kidnappings for ransom have been reported in the first 10 days of May.
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.
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