Suicide car bomber kills 7 at mosque, police station in Pakistani city of Peshawar

October 16th, 2009 Car bomb kills 7 at police station in NW PakistanPESHAWAR, Pakistan — A car bomb exploded outside a police station in the northwest Pakistani city of Peshawar on Friday, killing at least seven people in the latest bloodshed in an unrelenting wave of terror that has hit the country. There was no immediate claim of responsibility but suspicion fell on the Taliban, who have been blamed for two weeks of attacks that have killed more than 150 people across the country and appear aimed at forcing the government to abandon a planned offensive into the militants' stronghold along the Afghan border.

October 16th, 2009 Bomb hits police station in NW Pakistan; 7 deadPESHAWAR, Pakistan — Pakistani police say a bomb has exploded at a police station in the northwestern city of Peshawar, killing at least seven people. Police official Bashir Khan says several other people were wounded in the Friday blast.

October 15th, 2009 Major attacks in Pakistan so far in OctoberA look at the major attacks in Pakistan in the past two weeks: — Oct. 15, 2009: Teams of gunmen attack three security facilities in the eastern city of Lahore, leaving at 27 people dead including several militants, while a suicide car bombing at a police station kills 11 people in northwestern Kohat district and another bomb kills a 6-year-old boy in Peshawar in the northwest.

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 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 7th, 2009 Iraq: Suicide bomber hits mosque north of BaghdadBAGHDAD — Iraqi police say at least three people were killed and 19 wounded when a suicide bomber struck a Shiite mosque north of Baghdad. The attack raises to at least 15 the number of people killed nationwide Monday in a series of bombings.

August 30th, 2009 Blast kills 12 police recruits in Pakistan's SwatISLAMABAD — An official says a suicide bomber has killed at least 12 police recruits near the main police station in Pakistan's Swat Valley. It is one of the largest attacks in the northwestern valley since the army said it regained control of it from Taliban militants.

August 27th, 2009 Pakistan suicide bomber hits checkpoint; 18 deadPESHAWAR, Pakistan — Police say a suicide bomber has attacked a Pakistani security checkpoint on the Afghan border. At least 18 people are reported dead.

August 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.

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.

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.

May 11th, 2009 PESHAWAR - Ten people have been killed and more than 15 including were injured when a suicide bomber detonated an explosives-laden car near a Frontier Constabulary security checkpoint in tribal area of Darra Adam Khel in northwestern Pakistan. The attack hit the outskirts of Darra Adam Khel, a town about 25 kilometres south of Peshawar, the capital of the North West Frontier Province, where security forces are locked in heavy fighting with Taliban further north.

April 22nd, 2009 Suicide attack at Iraq mosque kills at least 5BAGHDAD — A suicide bomber has killed at least five people in a Sunni mosque north of Baghdad. A police official in Duluiyah says the attacker was mingling with worshippers when he detonated an explosives belt.

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.