HERAT, Afghanistan (Reuters) - A suicide bomber on a motorcycle detonated his explosives in a crowded area in southwest Afghanistan on Friday, killing 17 people, including a senior police official, a provincial governor said.
Farah Province Police Chief Faqir Mohammad Askar ...Read More
KABUL -A suicide bomber riding a motorcycle killed 16 people, including two children and a policeman, and wounded at least 23 others Friday in a busy city square in western Afghanistan, officials said.
Provincial Gov. Rohul Amin said the blast occurred ...Read More
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Nov 19, 2009
PESHAWAR, Pakistan — A suicide bomber blew himself up outside a courthouse in northwestern Pakistan on Thursday, killing 19 people in the latest attack in an onslaught by Islamist militants retaliating against an army offensive near the Afghan border.
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Nov 19, 2009
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) A suicide bomber blew himself up outside a courthouse in northwestern Pakistan on Thursday, killing 19 people in the latest attack in an onslaught by Islamist militants retaliating against an army offensive near the Afghan border.
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Nov 19, 2009
PESHAWAR, Pakistan A homicide bomber blew himself up outside a courthouse in northwestern Pakistan on Thursday, killing 19 people in the latest attack in an onslaught by Islamist militants retaliating against an army offensive near the Afghan border.
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Nov 19, 2009
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan, Nov 19 (Reuters) - A suicide bomberdetonated a vest packed with explosives in a crowded market insouthern Afghanistan on Thursday, killing 10 civilians andwounding 13, a provincial police chief said.
Uruzgan province police chief Juma Gul Himat said thebomber's ...Read More
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Nov 19, 2009
PESHAWAR, Pakistan - A suicide bomber killed 16 people today outside a courthouse in northwestern Pakistan, the latest attack in an onslaught by Islamist militants retaliating against an army offensive in the nearby Afghan border region.
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Nov 16, 2009
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (CNN) -- Taliban leaders have claimed responsibility for a wave of suicide bombings that have battered the Pakistani city of Peshawar. The militants also vow to carry out more attacks in the future.
But a Taliban spokesman also denied ...Read More
Islamabad, Pakistan (CNN) -- A suicide bomber detonated a car laden with explosives, killing six people on Monday near the Budbhair area in Peshawar, officials said.
Twenty-five others were injured, said Alim Shinwari, senior superintendent of police in Peshawar. All those ...Read More
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Nov 15, 2009
The militant attacks come a day after a suicide bomb in Peshawar
Militants have staged two attacks against elders who have stood up to the Taliban in north-western Pakistan, killing one in his home, police say.
A group of militants opened ...Read More