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International Business Times
| 1 year ago
A high-profile Pakistan i prisoner who escaped along with 383 other inmates was allowed to use social networking sites to keep in touch with his friends and give interviews, a report has claimed. Share This Story Adnan Rashid was on death row at...
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India Abroad
| 1 year ago
Authorities on Monday removed four senior officials over the escape of 384 prisoners in a jailbreak in Pakistan's restive northwest and launched a probe to find out whether militants who attacked the prison had any link to the Taliban [ Images ]...
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DAWN
| 1 year ago
A militant commander who helped plan an assault on a jail in Bannu on Sunday which freed nearly 400 prisoners said his group had inside information. The Pakistani Taliban said it was behind the brazen assault by militants armed with rocket-...
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Chicago Tribune
| 1 year ago
Policeman and security official stand near a damaged jail gate after inmates escaped from the prison in the town of Bannu, northwest of Pakistan, April 15, 2012. An Islamist militant commander who helped plan an assault on a Pakistani jail on Sunday...
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Indian Express
| 1 year ago
Over 380 other prisoners along with Rashid had escaped from the Central Jail at Bannu in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province yesterday. Security officials have told the media that the Pakistani Taliban carried out the attack primarily to free Rashid, who was...
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DAWN
| 1 year ago
Preliminary report blames Bannu jailbreak on agencies DawnNews Agencies 11 mins ago Prisoners sit in a prison cell in Bannu on April 15, 2012, following an attack by armed militants. The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) government has forwarded its...
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Canada.com
| 1 year ago
Heavy street fighting between militants and security forces in the centre of the Afghan capital, Kabul, ended on Monday after 18 hours of gunfire, rocket attacks and explosions, police and government officials said. Battles which broke out at mid-day...
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United Press International
| 1 year ago
All fighting against Afghan insurgents ended Monday after 18 hours of fierce coordinated attacks in Kabul and other key population centers, officials said. The last of the attacks, at the National Assembly, or Parliament, was quelled by 7:30 a.m.
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Pak Tribune
| 1 year ago
Dozens of Taliban stormed a prison in Bannu early on Sunday and freed nearly 400 inmates, including one on death row for trying to assassinate former president Pervez Musharraf, officials said. "Between 1:30am and 2am, dozens of armed militants...
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Taiwan News
| 1 year ago
Travel & Delicacy Beauty never Ends Ecological Environment Taiwan News, Staff Writer The prison in northwest Pakistan was attacked by hundreds of Taliban militants armed with automatic weapons and rocket-propelled grenades on Sunday and that moreover,...
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Daily News & Analysis
| 1 year ago
Militants also launched near-simultaneous assaults in three other eastern cities. At least two assailants were killed and five people wounded in Kabul...An external affairs ministry statement, issued in Delhi, said all Indian citizens were safe.
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The Independent
| 1 year ago
Suggested Topics Cities and towns across Afghanistan came under sustained attack and parts of the capital were under siege yesterday in a co-ordinated offensive by insurgents. Multiple explosions and heavy machine-gun fire echoed through Kabul as...
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The Independent
| 1 year ago
In an unfailingly mischievous manner, Sarah Maple uses narrative artwork to challenge traditional no... As we watch 'part two' of Jason Russell's explosive film campaign to expose the heinous crimes commi... Suggested Topics Militants in Pakistan...
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Asian Tribune
| 1 year ago
12 editor On April 15,102 Taliban attacked Western embassies and Afghan parliament in Kabul . Taliban fired rockets and assault rifles in the direction of the US Embassy, Taliban...The sound of blasts and gunfire echoed through the city, as several...
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Arab News
| 1 year ago
Dozens of militants stormed a prison in Pakistan in the dead of night early on Sunday and freed nearly 400 inmates, including one on death row for trying to assassinate former President Pervez Musharraf, police officials said. Pakistan's Taleban...
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United Press International
| 1 year ago
A jail in northern Pakistan came under siege Sunday by Taliban guerrillas who freed 384 prisoners, security officials said. Some 300 armed Taliban fighters stormed the prison in the northwestern city of Bannu early Sunday and in three hours of...
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International Herald Tribune
| 1 year ago
Pakistan In what is being called the biggest jail-break in Pakistani history, Taliban fighters stormed a prison in the northwestern town of Bannu early Sunday, freeing almost 400 prisoners, including a militant commander who tried to assassinate the...
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Epoch Times
| 1 year ago
April 15, 2012 Around 400 prisoners escaped from prison in northwest Pakistan after it was attacked by Taliban militants, who had rocket-propelled grenades and guns, media reports said on Sunday. The Pakistani Taliban, or Tehreek-e-Taliban (TTP),...
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Indian Express
| 1 year ago
The prisoners, including 20 dangerous militants, escaped from the central prison in Bannu city after the Taliban fighters fired rockets and lobbed grenades at its main gate at 1.30 am local time, said Mian Iftikhar Hussain, Information Minister of...
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Chicago Tribune
| 1 year ago
Afghanistan's Taliban said they launched a spring offensive on Sunday with multiple attacks against Western embassies in the central diplomatic area and at parliament in Kabul, with heavy explosions, rockets and gunfire rattling the city. The assault,...
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India Abroad
| 1 year ago
Taliban [ Images ] militants on Sunday attacked the Central Jail in Bannu and freed several of their comrades, including Adnan Rashid, a convict on death row who had plotted to kill General Pervez Musharraf [ Images ]. Tahir Ali reports M ilitants...
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BBC
| 1 year ago
Pakistan jail raid frees hundreds 15 April 2012 Last updated at 05:23 ET Almost 400 inmates have escaped from a prison in north-west Pakistan after it was attacked by militants, officials in the region have said. Pakistan's Taliban say they carried...
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International Business Times
| 1 year ago
Articles The attacks were carried out with rocket-propelled granades by the Taliban which they claim as a co-ordinated attack on Kabul and other targets in the country. Kabul," read a text message from Mujahid to the Associated Press. Unconfirmed...
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Pak Tribune
| 1 year ago
A US drone strike targeting a militant compound killed six insurgents in a North Waziristan Agency near the Afghan border Thursday, security officials said. According to sources, two missiles were fired by a US drone on a compound used by militants...
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International Business Times
| 1 year ago
Must Read Sponsorship Link Pakistan 's Taliban group Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) claims responsibility for the attack although unverified. "We attacked the Bannu prison and got our special members freed," the AFP quoted TTP's spokesperson...
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Mail and Guardian
| 1 year ago
Nearly 400 prisoners escaped from a jail in northwest Pakistan early on Sunday after it was attacked by Islamist militants armed with guns and rocket propelled grenades, a senior police official said. Some who fled the jail in the town of Bannu, near...
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CNN Blog
| 1 year ago
Authorities in northern Pakistan were looking for 384 inmates who escaped from a prison early Sunday morning after 300 Taliban militants raided it. The attack took place in the city of Bannu in northwest Pakistan, an area known for a heavy militant...
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Channel NewsAsia
| 1 year ago
Some 384 prisoners including militants escaped early Sunday from a jail in northwestern Pakistan after an attack by insurgents armed with guns, grenades and rockets, officials said. More than 150 militants stormed the central prison outside the...
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AP Online
| 1 year ago
Pakistan (AP) — Police say 150 Taliban fighters armed with guns and rocket-propelled grenades have attacked a prison in northwest Pakistan, freeing hundreds of prisoners, including some suspected militants.
Police officer Shafique Khan...
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GMA News
| 1 year ago
Pakistan Around 300 prisoners escaped from a jail in northwest Pakistan early on Sunday after it was attacked by Islamist militants armed with guns and rocket propelled grenades, a senior police official told Reuters. Some of those who escaped were...
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Guardian Unlimited
| 1 year ago
Reuters in Dera Ismail Khan Pakistani troops on patrol in Bannu. Photograph: Ijaz Muhammad/AP More than 300 prisoners have escaped from a jail in north-western Pakistan after it was attacked by Islamist militants armed with guns and rocket-propelled...
