Suicide bomber kills 17 in Afghanistan

Categories: Top Stories, World| Nov 20, 2009

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

Suicide bomber kills 16 in western Afghanistan

Categories: Top Stories, World| Nov 20, 2009

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

Pakistan Courthouse Bombing Kills 16 In Peshawar

Categories: World| Nov 19, 2009

Pakistan Courthouse Bombing Kills 16 In Peshawar 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. The bombing ...Read More

19 killed in courthouse bombing in Pakistan

Categories: World| 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. The ...Read More

19 Killed in Pakistan Courthouse Bomb Attack

Categories: World| 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. The bombing ...Read More

South Afghanistan suicide blast kills 10 - police

Categories: Top Stories| 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

Bomb kills 16 at Pakistani court

Categories: World| 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. A doctor said 26 people ...Read More

Taliban claims some attacks, denies others in Pakistan

Categories: Top Stories| Nov 16, 2009

Taliban claims some attacks, denies others in Pakistan 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

Suicide bomber kills six in Peshawar

Categories: Top Stories, World| Nov 16, 2009

Suicide bomber kills six in Peshawar 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

Militants target Pakistan elders

Categories: World| Nov 15, 2009

Militants target Pakistan elders 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