Suicide bombing in Pakistani city of Peshawar kills 3, wounds at least 15

October 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.

October 9th, 2009 Official: Bomb kills 41, wounds 100 in NW PakistanPESHAWAR, Pakistan — A senior Pakistani official says 41 people have been killed in a bomb blast in the northwest city of Peshawar. Provincial Health Minister Syed Zahir Ali Shah says the explosion Friday also wounded more than 100 people.

October 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.

October 9th, 2009 PESHAWAR - Fourteen people were killed and about 40 injured Friday when a car stuffed with explosives blew up in a bustling market in Pakistan's Peshawar city. The explosion occurred around noon at the Karachi Bazaar, close to the North West Frontier Province (NWFP) assembly.

October 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.

September 30th, 2009 Police: Suicide attack kills 4 in NW PakistanDERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan — A suicide car bomber rammed his vehicle into a car carrying a pro-government tribal elder and at least three other people Monday, killing them in the latest explosion to rock Pakistan's militant-riddled northwest, officials said. The attack occurred in Baka Khel, an area just outside the lawless regions along the Afghan border where the Pakistani military has been battling Taliban and al-Qaida fighters.

August 17th, 2009 Pakistan: Suicide bombing kills at least 6 in NWPESHAWAR, Pakistan — A suicide attacker detonated a truck bomb Monday at a fuel station in northwestern Pakistan, killing at least six people, police said. No one immediately claimed responsibility, but the area lies next to the tribal regions dominated by the Pakistani Taliban, who have vowed revenge following the reported death of top leader Baitullah Mehsud.

July 17th, 2009 Recent deadly attacks targeting hotelsDeadly attacks targeting hotels in recent years: — July 17, 2009: A pair of bombs explode at the neighboring Ritz-Carlton and Marriott hotels in Jakarta, Indonesia. — June 9, 2009: A huge bomb explodes at the Pearl Continental Hotel in Peshawar, Pakistan, killing at least 11 people and wounding 70.

July 9th, 2009 Iraq suicide bomber kills 15BAGHDAD — Iraqi officials say a suicide bomber has killed at least 15 people and injured 40 near a judge's house in the northern town of Tal Afar. A police officer and an official in the provincial command center say the attack occurred at around 6:30 a.m.

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.

June 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.

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.

June 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.

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.

March 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.