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Tehrik-i-Taliban claim deadly UN office blast

Source: Dawn

Islamabad : Pakistan | 2 months ago

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The Pakistani Taliban on Tuesday claimed responsibility for a blast at a United Nations office in the capital which left five aid workers dead, a spokesman for the insurgents told AFP. ‘This attack was launched by us — we claim responsibility,’ Taliban spokesman Azam Tariq told AFP by telephone...

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Pakistan Taliban's new leader shows he's in charge

News Source: Christian Science Monitor | 2 months ago

The reemergence of Pakistani Taliban leader Hakimullah Mehsud after weeks of speculation that he might be dead was nothing if not emphatic. At a press conference in his South Waziristan base Sunday, the heir of Baitullah Mehsud appeared alongside...
Pakistan braces for more bombings

News Source: Simi Valley - Moorpark Examiner | 2 months ago

AP Photo/Anjum Naveed) Pakistani Interior Minister Rehman Malik gestures during a press conference in Islamabad, Pakistan on Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2009. Pakistan braced Tuesday for more militant attacks ahead of an anticipated offensive against a Taliban...
We bombed UN building in Islamabad: Pak Taliban

News Source: India Abroad | 2 months ago

Pakistani Taliban spokesman Azam Tariq warned of "harsh response" to any military attack on its main stronghold of South Waziristan, as Pakistani fighter jets pounded their hideouts in the area where reports said an all out offensive was imminent. A...
Five UN food aid workers killed in Pakistan suicide bomb blast

News Source: Sydney Morning Herald | 2 months ago

A suicide bomb blast inside the fortified offices of the United Nations World Food Program in Islamabad has killed five UN workers. Two receptionists and an aid worker from Iraq, Bolden Ali, were among the dead...It was unlear last night why the...
Pak Govt says pvt guards' negligence caused WFP office blast

News Source: Hindustan times | 2 months ago

Pakistan on Tuesday said all private guards posted at the UN food agency's Islamabad office, where a suicide blast killed 5 people, have been taken into custody for questioning, claiming that their negligence enabled the bomber to enter the building...
Pakistani Taliban Claim Responsibility for UN Bombing

News Source: Voice of America | 2 months ago

The Pakistani Taliban has claimed responsibility for the deadly suicide bombing inside the U.N...Taliban spokesman Azam Tariq said Tuesday his group was behind Monday's blast that killed at least five U.N. employees and wounded five others. Pakistan'...

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