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News Source: Times of India
| about 1 year ago
The Pakistan government is learnt to have released at least three dreaded Taliban prisoners, including Baitullah Mehsud's deputy Maulvi Rafiuddin, in exchange of 10 soldiers. The swap reportedly took place at Thal tehsil of Hangu district on...
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News Source: NewKerala
| about 1 year ago
A suicide bomber, in his early 30s Thursday blew himself up when around 200 people from the Salarzai tribe were holding a meeting in Batmale village, some 50 km from Khar, the main town of Bajaur tribal district, to plan action against Taliban...
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News Source: CNN
| about 1 year ago
Suicide bombers struck two targets in northwest Pakistan on Thursday, including a gathering of tribal leaders, leaving at least 24 dead, according to local officials and state-run media. The latest attack happened Thursday night when a suicide bomber...
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News Source: Androscoggin News
| about 1 year ago
Later, a suicide bomber ploughed his explosives-laden car into a camp of paramilitary forces in Mingora, the main town in the nearby restive Swat valley, killing two and injuring 11. Pakistani military airstrikes elsewhere in Bajaur killed 17,...
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News Source: Xinhuanet.com
| about 1 year ago
At least two soldiers were killed and four others injured when a blast occurred near a police station in northwestern Pakistan on Thursday, local television reported. A suicide attacker rammed an explosives-laden vehicle into a building next...
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News Source: Australian Broadcasting Corporation
| about 1 year ago
In a second suicide attack, a bomber detonated an explosive-laden car near police headquarters in the Swat Valley, also in the north-west, killing at least two people, security officials said. Pakistani soldiers have been fighting Islamist militants...
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News Source: Simi Valley - Moorpark Examiner
| about 1 year ago
AP Photo/K.M Chaudary) Pakistani peace activists hold candles as they protest against the U.S. air strikes in Pakistani tribal areas and Afghanistan, in Lahore, Pakistan, Wednesday, Nov. 5, 2008. Two suicide bombers attacked pro-government tribesmen...
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News Source: AKI
| about 1 year ago
A remote-controlled bomb on Thursday ripped through a meeting of tribal elders in northwestern Pakistan's Bajaur tribal agency, injuring dozens, news reports said. Eyewitnesses quoted by Pakistan's Geo News said the remote-controlled attack was...
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News Source: Channel NewsAsia
| about 1 year ago
Eight people were killed and 45 injured on Thursday when a suspected suicide bomber blew himself up at a gathering of tribal elders in a Pakistani region known to harbour militants, officials said. The blast targeted a tribal "lashkar" or army- and...
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News Source: NewKerala
| about 1 year ago
A suicide bomber ploughed his explosive-laden car into a security wall around an army post, located in Doaba town in the restive Hangu district of North-West Frontier Province. The blast injured eight security personnel, one of whom later died in the...