A massive suicide bomb hit northwest Pakistan killing 41 people Monday, as the military geared up for an assault on Taliban rebels blamed for increasingly bloody and brazen attacks. The bomber flung himself at a paramilitary convoy passing through a busy market in Shangla, a northwest district
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Taliban suicide bomb kills five in Pakistan
September 26th, 2009 |
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A Taliban suicide bomber blew up a truck packed with explosives outside a police station in northwest Pakistan on Saturday, killing five people and wounding more than 50 others, officials said. The attack took place on the outskirts of Bannu town in a district close to the rugged tribal
Two suicide car bombings rock north-west Pakistan, killing at least 16
September 26th, 2009 |
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Two suicide car bombs have killed 16 people and wounded about 150 others in separate attacks in northwest Pakistan. A suicide bomb was detonated outside a bank affiliated with the army in Peshawar, the capital of North West Frontier Province, police said. Ten people were killed and 79
Militants attack high school students in Pakistan, four killed
September 8th, 2009 |
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Taliban militants attacked a group of high school students on their way to school in northwest Pakistan on Tuesday, killing four of them and wounding three, a government official said. The students were apparently attacked because they were minority Shi’ite Muslims. Taliban militants
Pakistan Taliban name new leader but doubts remain
August 23rd, 2009 |
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The Pakistani Taliban announced a successor to slain commander Baitullah Mehsud, but intelligence officials said on Sunday it was probably a smokescreen meant to hold together a movement left leaderless for almost three weeks. Taliban officials rang journalists in northwest Pakistan on