Topic: Peshawar

Bomb targets official in Pakistan's Peshawar: police

PESHAWAR, Pakistan (Reuters) - A bomb exploded near the office of a regional government official in the often restive northwestern Pakistani city of Peshawar early on Thursday, police officials said, but there were no immediate reports of casualties.A wall of the district ...

48 die in Pakistan mosque suicide bombing

A suicide bomber struck a crowded Pakistan mosque on Friday, killing 48 people and wounding more than 100 during Ramadan prayers, in the country's deadliest attack for three months.Blood was splattered across the mosque's main hall and walls, while the building's doors ...

Female suicide bomber hits Pakistan, seven dead

A female suicide attacker and a separate handcart bomb targeted Pakistani police Thursday, killing seven people in the first deadly attacks on the northwest during Ramadan, officials said.The city of Peshawar, where the bombs struck, is on the front line of a ...

Female suicide bomber hits Pakistan

A female suicide attacker and a handcart bomb targeted Pakistani police on Thursday, killing seven people in the first deadly attacks to hit the northwest during Ramadan, officials said.The city of Peshawar, where the bombs struck, is on the frontline of a ...

Woman bomber strikes NW Pakistan, 5 dead in another bombing

PESHAWAR, Pakistan (Reuters) - A woman covered in a head-to-foot burqa carried out a suicide bombing in northwestern Pakistan on Thursday, killing herself and another woman, police said, adding to security challenges confronting the U.S. ally.The bombing occurred near a police check ...

Bomb kills Pakistani soldiers in Waziristan

A bomb attack killed three Pakistani soldiers and wounded another 15 on Tuesday, striking a military convoy in the restive district of North Waziristan, security officials said.The officials said the bomb was detonated by remote-control near Miranshah, the main town in the ...

Pakistani Taliban deny twin blasts that killed 39

Pakistan's Taliban on Sunday denied responsibility for twin bomb blasts that ripped through a crowded market in the northwestern city of Peshawar, killing 39 people and injuring dozens.The attack, one of the deadliest in a series to hit Pakistan since US Navy ...

Suspected suicide bombing kills 34 in Pakistan

PESHAWAR, Pakistan (Reuters) - At least 34 people were killed in a suspected suicide bombing in the Pakistani city of Peshawar late Saturday, the latest attack since Osama bin Laden's killing last month.The bombing took place near a building that houses several ...

Suspected suicide bombing kills 32 in Pakistan

PESHAWAR, Pakistan (Reuters) - At least 32 people were killed in a suspected suicide bombing in a market in Pakistan's volatile northwestern city of Peshawar late on Saturday, a hospital official said."The death toll is now 32. Ninety people have been wounded ...

Twin bomb attack kills 35 in Pakistan

Twin bomb blasts minutes apart ripped through a crowded supermarket-hotel complex killing 35 people and injuring over 80 in Pakistan's northwestern city of Peshawar late Saturday.The attack, one of the deadliest since US Navy SEALs killed Osama bin Laden in Pakistan on ...
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