At least 25 people were killed and several others injured Saturday in two powerful blasts at a refugee camp in Pakistan’s restive northwest.
Both explosions occurred in quick succession while rations were being distributed to refugees in Kohat’s Katcha Pakka area, Geo News reported.
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25 killed in twin blasts in Pakistan
April 17th, 2010 |
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Taliban kill six US ‘spies’ in NW Pakistan
January 24th, 2010 |
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Taliban militants shot dead six men in Pakistan’s restive northwest tribal belt after accusing them of spying for the United States, officials said on Sunday. The bullet-ridden bodies of five men were found on Sunday dumped by the side of a road in Kamsarobi village, 30 kilometres south of
Pakistan bomb kills ex-provincial minister
January 4th, 2010 |
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A suspected Taliban bomb attack targeted a former Pakistan provincial cabinet minister yesterday, killing him and three other people in the country’s restive northwest, police said. The bomb exploded in Bagto village, about 10km from the town of Hangu in an area with a history of sectarian
Militants blow up Pakistan school, clinic
October 30th, 2009 |
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Militants blew up a high school and a clinic in restive northwest Pakistan on Friday in the latest spike of violence that has left more than 300 people dead this month, officials said. A 12-room state-run high school for boys and a clinic in Shahukhel village were turned to rubble by
Schools reopen in Pakistan after Taliban offensive
August 1st, 2009 |
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Schools reopened in Pakistan’s restive northwest Saturday after nearly three months of being closed due to fighting between the military and Taliban militants, officials said. Pakistan has been returning families to the districts of Swat and Buner, where troops unleashed a massive summer