Bomb attack kills 2 in Pakistan's Swat valley: police

2010-07-15T01:16:32Z

A bomb attack killed two people and wounded at least 15 others Thursday in the main town of Pakistan's Swat valley, where the military put down a Taliban uprising last year, police said.

"At least two people were killed and 15 wounded," said Qazi Jamil, police chief for the northwestern

Suicide attack kills three in Pakistan's Swat

2010-05-01T07:15:44Z

A suicide bomber blew himself up at the entrance to a busy market in the main town of northwest Pakistan's Swat district on Saturday, killing three people and wounding 12 others, the military said.

Two bombers tried to launch the attack in Mingora, but police said security forces shot dead one before he could detonate his explosives.

"It was a suicide attack," Qazi Jamil, the police chief for the northwestern

Suicide attack kills 2 in Pakistan's Swat: police

2010-05-01T04:15:35Z

A suicide bomber blew himself up at the entrance to a busy market in the main town of northwest Pakistan's Swat district on Saturday, killing two people and wounding 10 others, police said.

Two bombers tried to launch the attack in Mingora, but police said security forces shot dead one before he could detonate his explosives.

"It was a suicide attack," Qazi Jamil, the police chief for the northwestern Pakistan's northwestern district Swat on Saturday, killing two people and wounding nine others, police said.

Two bombers tried to launch the attack in Mingora, but police said security forces shot dead one before he could detonate his explosives.

"It was a suicide attack," Qazi Jamil, the police chief for the northwestern Pakistan's northwestern district Swat on Saturday, wounding up to five people, police said.

"Several people were wounded in this bomb blast. It's not clear whether it's a suicide blast or a planted bomb. we have started the rescue activity," Ghulam Farooq, Mingora city police chief, told AFP by telephone.

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Bomb hits near market in Pakistan's Swat, casualties: police

2010-05-01T00:16:03Z

A bomb exploded at the entrance to a busy market in the main town of Pakistan's northwestern district Swat on Saturday, wounding up to five people, police said.

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At least ten killed in Pakistan suicide attack

2010-06-12T07:18:27Z

At least ten people were killed in a suicide attack in Pakistan's Swat valley on Saturday, a day after a series of bombings brought chaos and bloodshed to the city of Lahore, police said.

The bomber blew himself up at the entrance to a building used by security forces in Saidu Sharif...

Bomber kills 10 in Pakistan's Swat valley

2010-06-12T07:18:27Z

At least 10 people were killed in a suicide attack in Pakistan's Swat valley on Saturday, a day after a series of bombings brought chaos and bloodshed to the city of Lahore, police said.

The bomber blew himself up at the entrance to a building used by security forces in Saidu Sharif,...

At least 10 killed in Pakistan suicide attack

2010-03-13T00:16:10Z

At least 10 people were killed in a suicide attack in Pakistan's Swat valley on Saturday, a day after a series of bombings brought chaos and bloodshed to the city of Lahore, police said.

The bomber blew himself up in Saidu Sharif, on the southern outskirts of Mingora, the main town o...

At least eight killed in Pakistan suicide attack

2010-03-12T23:16:00Z

At least eight people were killed in a suicide attack in Pakistan's Swat valley on Saturday, a day after a series of bombings brought chaos and bloodshed to the city of Lahore, police said.

The bomber blew himself up in Saidu Sharif, on the southern outskirts of Mingora, the main tow...

At least 6 killed in Pakistan suicide attack: police

2010-03-12T22:15:16Z

At least six people including three security personnel were killed in a suicide attack in Pakistan's Swat valley on Saturday, police said.

"Six people have been killed and more than 16 were wounded. It was a suicide attack," senior police official Qazi Jamil told AFP by telephone.

The attacker was trying to get into a government building used by police and security forces, he...

Suicide attack in northwest Pakistan kills 7

2010-06-12T07:18:21Z

Police say suicide attack at security checkpoint kills at least 7 people in northwest Pakistan

A suicide attacker struck a security checkpoint in northwest Pakistan on Saturday, killing at least seven people and injuring 26.

The attacker — who was in a three-wheeled auto-rickshaw — detonated explosives in the Saidu Sharif town of Swat d...

At least 6 dead in Pakistan suicide attack: police

2010-03-12T21:16:06Z

At least six people including three security personnel were killed in a suicide attack in Pakistan's Swat valley on Saturday, police said.

"Six people have been killed and more than 16 were wounded. It was a suicide attack," senior police official Qazi Jamil told AFP by telephone.

The attacker was trying to get into a government building used by police and security forces, he...

Suicide car bomb kills seven in Pakistan's Swat

2010-04-16T07:00:39Z

A suicide car bomber targeting an army convoy killed seven people in Pakistan's Swat district on Monday, just months after the military claimed to have quelled a Taliban insurgency.

The bomber blew up a vehicle packed with explosives as security forces drove through the centre of Mingora, the main town of Swat where the military has sought to reassert control after putting down the...

Suicide car bomb kills nine in Pakistan's Swat

2010-04-16T07:00:36Z

A suicide car bomber hit a military convoy killing nine people, including children, in Pakistan's Swat district on Monday, just months after the army claimed to have quelled a Taliban uprising.

The bomber blew up a vehicle packed with explosives as security forces drove through the centre of Mingora, the main town of Swat where the military has sought to reassert control after putt...

Car bomb kills six in Pakistan's Swat

2010-04-16T07:00:39Z

A suicide car bomber targeting an army convoy killed six people in Pakistan's Swat district on Monday, just months after the military claimed to have quelled a Taliban insurgency.

The bomber blew up a vehicle packed with explosives as security forces drove through Mingora, the main town of Swat where the military has sought to reassert control after putting down the Islamist uprisi...

Car bomb kills six in Pakistan's Swat: police

2010-04-16T07:00:41Z

A car bomb targeting Pakistani security forces killed six people and wounded up to 19 on Monday in Mingora, the main town in the northwestern Swat valley, police said.

"It was a car bomb blast. We are not sure whether a suicide bomber was inside the car or not," Qazi Ghulam Farooq, Mingora police chief, told AFP by telephone.

"A security convoy was passing when the bomb exploded," he added.

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Suicide bomber kills Pakistani lawmaker

2010-06-12T06:30:46Z

A suicide bomber killed a provincial lawmaker Tuesday as he received guests at his home in Pakistan's northwest Swat valley, where the military says it has quashed a Taliban uprising.

A man with explosives strapped to his body walked unchallenged into the grounds of provincial assembly member Pakistan's military on Friday killed 20 insurgents in operations against Taliban strongholds, as the prime minister warned that militants were striking back with attacks in big cities.

Armed forces this year launched multiple operations across the northwest tribal belt bordering Afghanistan, the stron...

Suicide bomber kills politician in NW Pakistan

2010-06-12T06:30:51Z

A suicide bomber killed a provincial lawmaker and his brother Tuesday in Pakistan's northwest Swat valley, where the military claims to have quashed a Taliban uprising.

A man with explosives strapped to his body walked apparently unchallenged into the grounds of a property owned by provincial assembly member Shamsher Pakistan's northwest provincial assembly and his brother in an attack in the former Taliban stronghold of Swat valley, officials said.

The bomber, who was on on foot, targeted a guest house owned by Shamsher Ali Khan,...

Pakistan military kills 13 militants: officials

2010-04-16T09:09:46Z

Pakistani troops killed 13 militants in two separate gunfights Saturday in the northwest Swat valley, officials said.

Five militants were killed after a group of insurgents ambushed a military convoy near Totakan village, Malakand district administration chief Siraj Ahmed said.

Eight more insurgents were killed during a se...

41 dead as suicide blast hits northwest Pakistan

2010-06-12T06:43:00Z

A devastating suicide bomb hit northwest Pakistan killing 41 people Monday, as the military geared up for an assault on Taliban rebels blamed for increasingly bloody and brazen attacks.

The bomber, reported to be aged about 13, flung himself at a military convoy passing through a busy market in Shangla, a northwest dis...

'41 killed' in northwest Pakistan suicide blast

2010-04-16T09:52:53Z

Forty-one people, most of them civilians, were killed Monday when a suicide attacker struck a military convoy near a busy market in northwest Pakistan, the provincial minister said.

The bomber targeted the convoy as it passed through a security checkpost near a crowded bazaar in Alpuri town in Shangla, a district neighbouring Swat valley and the target of a recent anti-Pakistan on Monday, killing 32 people in the latest in a wave of deadly strikes, the military said.

The bomber targeted a paramilitary convoy as it passed through a security checkpost in a bazaar in Alpuri town in Shangla, a district neighbouring Swat valley and the target of a recent ant...

'15 killed' in northwest Pakistan blast

2010-04-16T09:52:57Z

Eleven civilians and four military personnel were killed Monday when a suspected suicide blast hit near northwest Pakistan's Swat valley, military and hospital officials said.

The blast, which hit around midday, left charred corpses strewn in a shopping area in the city's main Khyber Bazaar, with cars reduced to burning wreckage and a colourful city bus destroyed an...

Suicide bomb kills at least 49 in Pakistan market

2010-06-12T06:44:42Z

A massive suicide car bomb ripped through a packed market in the Pakistani city of Peshawar on Friday, killing at least 49 people and injuring over 100, in a region beset by Taliban attacks.

The blast, which hit around midday, left charred corpses strewn in a shopping area in the city's main Khyber Bazaar, with cars reduced to burning wreckage and a colourful city bus destroyed an...

Suicide attack kills up to 14 in Pakistan market

2010-04-16T10:15:41Z

A suicide car bomb tore through a Pakistan market, killing up to 14 people and gutting shops on Friday as families stocked up on supplies for a major religious festival, police said.

The explosion destroyed vehicles and shops near a bus stop in Ustarzai, a small mountain town in the northwest which lies between the garrison city of Kohat and Hangu, ano...

Suicide attack 'kills up to 14' in Pakistan market

2010-04-16T10:15:26Z

A suicide car bomb tore through a Pakistan market, killing up to 14 people and trapping others under the debris on Friday as families shopped for a major religious festival, police said.

The explosion flung body parts across the bazaar and gutted shops in Ustarzai, a mountain town in the northwest which lies between the garrison city of Kohat and Hangu...

Suicide attack kills up to 14 in NW Pak: police

2010-04-16T10:15:35Z

A suicide car bomb tore through a Pakistan market, killing up to 14 people and trapping others under the debris on Friday as families shopped for a major religious festival, police said.

The explosion flung body parts across the bazaar and gutted shops in Ustarzai, a mountain town in the northwest which lies between the garrison city of Kohat and Hangu...

Suicide bomb kills up to 14 in NW Pakistan: police

2010-04-16T10:15:38Z

A suicide car bomb tore through a Pakistan market, killing up to 14 people and gutting shops on Friday as families stocked up on supplies for a major religious festival, police said.

The explosion destroyed vehicles and shops near a bus stop in Ustarzai, a small mountain town in the northwest which lies between the garrison city of Kohat and Hangu, ano...

Fresh clashes in Pakistan's Swat valley; dozens killed

2010-06-12T06:48:45Z

MINGORA, Pakistan (Reuters) - Pakistani troops killed 15 militants in fresh clashes in Swat, the army said on Tuesday, taking the death toll to 45 in five days after a lull in the campaign to clear the Taliban out of the northwestern valley.

Security forces also l...

Pakistan military kills 30 militants in Swat: statement

2010-04-16T10:35:05Z

Pakistani attack helicopters have shelled militant hideouts in the northwestern Swat district, killing 30 rebels, the military said on Sunday.

The operation that began on Saturday evening in different parts of the Swat town of Charbagh continued on Sunday with participation of ground troops.

"The attack helicopters shelled militant hideouts during the operation, killing 30 rebels," the military said in a statement.

One soldier was killed in the operation.

Separate...

Suicide blast in Pak kills 14 policemen: officials

2010-06-12T06:48:49Z

A suicide attack in the main town in Pakistan's northwestern Swat valley Sunday left 14 policemen dead, officials said, a month after the army claimed the area had been cleared of Taliban.

"The policemen were being given training in Mingora town when a suicide bomber entered the ground and blew himself up near the recruits, kill...

Suicide attack in Pakistan kills 14 policemen

2010-06-12T06:48:53Z

A suicide attack in the main town in Pakistan's northwestern Swat valley Sunday left 14 policemen dead, officials said, a month after the army claimed the area had been cleared of Taliban.

"The policemen were being given training in Mingora town when a suicide bomber entered the ground and blew himself up near the recruits, kill...

Pak suicide attack kills 10 policemen: officials

2010-06-12T06:48:53Z

A suicide attack in the main town in Pakistan's northwestern valley of Swat on Sunday left at least 10 trainee policemen dead, officials said.

"The policemen were being given training in Mingora town when a suicide bomber entered the ground and blew himself up near the recruits, killing 10 of them," Swat police chief Qazi Ghulam Farooq told AFP.

A senior administration offici...

'Swat suicide attack kills at least 10 policemen'

2010-04-16T10:35:20Z

A suicide attack in Pakistan's northwestern valley of Swat on Sunday left at least 10 policemen dead, officials said.

A senior administration official, Ateef-ur-Rehman, also...

Six would-be suicide bombers among 18 killed in NW Pakistan

2010-04-16T10:35:40Z

Pakistani troops killed at least 18 militants including six would-be suicide bombers during an offensive against Taliban insurgents in northwest Pakistan, officials said Saturday.

Gunship helicopters were called in after intelligence and locals said a suicide attack mastermind was present in Charbagh town in the Swat valley, an ...

Six would-be suicide bombers killed in NW Pakistan

2010-04-16T10:35:51Z

Pakistani troops killed at least 18 militants including six would-be suicide bombers during an ongoing offensive against Taliban insurgents in northwest Pakistan, officials said Saturday.

Gunship helicopters were called in after intelligence and locals said a suicide attack mastermind was present in Charbagh town in the Swat valley<...

Six would be suicide bombers among 18 dead in Pak

2010-04-16T10:35:53Z

Pakistani troops killed at least 18 militants including six would-be suicide bombers during an ongoing offensive against Taliban insurgents in northwest Pakistan, officials said Saturday.

Gunship helicopters were called in after intelligence and locals said a suicide attack mastermind was present in Charbagh town in the Swat valley<...

Air strikes kill six militants: army

2010-04-16T10:35:57Z

Pakistan's army said air strikes killed six militant would-be suicide bombers and destroyed the training base they were holed up in after an overnight operation in the troubled northwest.

Air support was called in after intelligence and local people said a suicide attack mastermind was present in the town in Swat valley, where the army previously said an operation had emptied the a...

Pakistan air strikes 'kill would-be suicide bombers'

2010-04-16T10:35:57Z

Pakistan's army said air strikes killed six militant would-be suicide bombers and destroyed the training base they were holed up in after an overnight operation in the troubled northwest.

Air support was called in after intelligence and local people said a suicide attack mastermind was present in the town in Swat valley, where the army previously said an operation had emptied the a...

Pakistan suicide blast kills at least 21

2010-06-12T06:49:08Z

A suicide bomber killed at least 21 policemen in Pakistan's northwestern tribal region on Thursday, after a US strike from a drone aircraft killed eight Taliban militants, officials said.

The suicide attack took place in the Khyber tribal region near the Afghan border just as the policemen were gathering to break their Ramad...

Pakistani Taliban appoint Mehsud's 'successor'

2010-06-12T06:50:09Z

The Pakistan Taliban have appointed a successor to their feared leader believed to have been killed in a US missile strike, a militant commander said Saturday.

American and Pakistani officials believe Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) chief Baitullah Mehsud was killed earlier this month in a missile ...

Bomb kills seven civilians in new Pakistan unrest

2010-06-12T06:50:38Z

A bomb blast claimed by Taliban militants killed seven people including children in northwest Pakistan Monday, police said, as 31 insurgents were reported dead in a fresh wave of unrest.

Three young boys, two women and a driver were killed when the pick-up truck they were sitting in blew up in Charsadda district, about 30 kilometres...

Pakistani troops hurt in suicide bombing

2010-04-16T10:48:04Z

A suicide bomber blew himself up as soldiers tried to arrest him, a military spokesman in northwest Pakistan said Monday, and seven Taliban militants were killed separately in a gunfight.

The suicide bomber blew himself up overnight in the town of Mingora, in the Swat valley, after being "encircled" by the soldiers, the military...

Pakistan Flogged By Taliban

2010-12-06T00:01:25Z

In this image taken on Nov. 30, 2010 Pakistani women from Swat Valley walk in a market in Mingora, Pakistan. More than a year after an army offensive that wrested control from the insurgents, life is starting to resemble normal. Schoolgirls again flock giggling on the streets of the main city, Mingora. Veiled women shop for food and clothes. Most of the 2 million who fled

Pakistan Life After the Flood

2010-11-07T21:32:08Z

In this Nov. 2, 2010 picture, a man collects items from the remains of a hotel that was washed by heavy flooding in Kalam, in Pakistan's Swat Valley. The floods that swept through the country began in the northwestern Swat Valley and were at their most ferocious. Only one of 51 bridges survived. Hundreds of homes and businesses were swept away in hours. The floods that hit Pakistan in the summer...

Pakistan Flood Diplomacy

2010-10-17T11:31:32Z

In this Sept. 29, 2010 photo, a Pakistani soldier, foreground right, supervises the unloading of food supplies for flood victims as a U.S. soldier looks on in Pakistan's Swat Valley. The flood waters have mostly receded from the Swat Valley, and above it, there's the sight of U.S. Army hel...

Pakistan Floods

2010-10-13T07:31:58Z

Stranded Pakistani flood affected people rush to board a U.S. forces Chinook helicopter, in Kalam in Pakistan's Swat Valley, Wednesday, Oct. 13, 2010. (AP Photo/Sherin Zada)

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2010-07-15T07:45:40Z

Pakistani soldiers and police officers secure the site of apparent suicide bombing in Mingora, the capital of Pakistan's troubled valley of Swat on Thursday, July 15, 2010. An apparent suicide bombing near a bus terminal in Pakistan's Swat Valley killed five of people and wounded many on Thursday, officials said, a sign that Islamist militants remain active in the northwest region despite a mass...

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