Police seize hundreds of stolen NATO wireless sets in Quetta

October 3rd, 2009 ISLAMABAD - The United States has reiterated that top Afghan Taliban commanders, including Mullah Omar, are hiding in Quetta and creating trouble for the US led NATO forces in Afghanistan. Deputy chief of the US mission in Pakistan, Gerald M Feierstein, said Washington has credible information that Mullah Omar is in Quetta and 'freely moves across the border and some other major cities of Pakistan, including Karachi.' "We are confident that Mullah Omar is in Quetta.

September 29th, 2009 WASHINGTON - The United States has expressed concerns over the ease with which the Taliban fighters from Afghanistan sneak into the other side of the border into Pakistan and have established a safe haven there. While the NATO forces have intensified their battle in South Afghanistan, the Taliban commanders, taking advantage of the porous border, have crossed over into Pakistan's lawless tribal areas and are carrying out their extremist activities from there.

September 29th, 2009 LONDON - Pakistan has rejected the notion that the Taliban's leadership council (shura) is operating from Quetta, Balochistan. Interior Miniter Rehman Malik rebuffed claims made by the US and Britain regarding the presence of top Taliban commanders in Quetta.

September 29th, 2009 LAHORE - Pakistan Interior Minister Rehman Malik has rejected media reports that top Taliban commander Mullah Omar was hiding in Quetta. A private television channel quoted Malik as saying that Omar was in Kandahar, Afghanistan and not in Quetta as was reported by The Sunday Times.

September 8th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - The Pakistan Police has said that unknown armed men on two motorbikes opened fire on oil tankers in Akhtarabad area of Quetta destroying eight of them. The tankers, which were carrying fuel for NATO forces in Southern Afghanistan, caught fire soon after the incident and a huge fireball could be seen from a distance.

September 4th, 2009 KABUL - Up to 90 people were feared dead and wounded after a Nato air strike hit two fuel tankers stolen by insurgents in northern Afghanistan. The blast was thought to have burned alive villagers as they gathered to collect fuel from the tankers when one became stuck in a river.

August 26th, 2009 3 killed in shooting in PakistanQUETTA, Pakistan — Police say gunmen have opened fire on a group of men in a street in the southwestern Pakistani city of Quetta, killing three. Officer Abdul Rahim said Wednesday's attack in Quetta was a "targeted killing" but did not elaborate.

August 14th, 2009 3 bombs in Baluchistan kill 1, wound 18QUETTA, Pakistan — Police say three bomb explosions have killed a man and wounded 18 other people in Baluchistan, an impoverished but oil-rich province in Pakistan where Baluch nationalist groups have been fighting for more autonomy for decades. Police officer Abdul Hameed Lasi says one of the bombs Friday was rigged to a motorcycle.

August 12th, 2009 Explosion, gunfire at Pakistan checkpoint kill 2QUETTA, Pakistan — Police in the western Pakistani city of Quetta say a bomb and gunfire attack has targeted a paramilitary checkpoint, killing at least two passers-by and wounding four people, including a police officer. Senior police officer Mohammad Suleman said a booby-trapped motorcycle exploded Wednesday near a Frontier Corps checkpoint in central Quetta, followed by gunmen on another motorcycle opening fire.

July 10th, 2009 QUETTA - At least five soldiers were killed and four wounded when the truck in which they were travelling struck a landmine in Pakistan's southwestern Quetta City, a media report said. The security personnel were returning in the truck after dropping food supplies for their colleagues at different check posts when the incident took place Thursday, the Online news agency said citing officials.

July 2nd, 2009 QUETTA - The Pakistani Police Thursday foiled a plan to blow up the Quetta Express by terrorists, a media report said. Explosives were placed on a railway track in the Saryab area of Quetta, the provincial capital of Balochistan, the Online news agency said citing police sources.

June 11th, 2009 QUETTA - One person has reportedly been killed and 35 others injured in a bomb blast that took place in a local train traveling from Karachi to Quetta, the capital of Pakistan's southwestern Balochistan province. According to the sources, the bomb was hidden in a toilet, and exploded when the train was about 45 kilometres away from its destination (Quetta).

June 11th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - One person was killed and 35 hurt in a train blast Thursday in Pakistan's Balochistan province, a media report said. The blast occurred in the third carriage of the Bolan Express traveling from Karachi to Quetta, Geo TV reported.

April 13th, 2009 QUETTA - One police constable has been killed and several others were injured in rampant riots that erupted in Balochistan following the murder of three Baloch nationalist leaders. Banks, vehicles and government offices were set on fire in different towns and a complete wheel-jam and shutter-down strike paralyzed life in Balochistan, The Nation reports.

March 15th, 2009 QUETTA - A mysterious insurgent group has said that it is ready to trade John Solecki, the American chief of the U.N. refugee office for the 1,100 people who have gone missing since 2000.