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US Arrests Pakistani on Terror Support Charges

Posted September 2nd, 2011 at 5:55 pm (UTC-5)
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A 24-year-old Pakistani man living in Virginia has been arrested and accused of helping to produce a video for a terrorist group in Pakistan. According to court documents, Jubair Ahmad produced and uploaded a propaganda video to YouTube on behalf of Lashkar-e-Taiba, a Pakistan-based terrorist group. Ahmad was charged with providing material support to a […]

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Militants Kidnap 30 Pakistani Boys in Afghanistan

Posted September 2nd, 2011 at 11:30 am (UTC-5)
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Local Pakistani officials say suspected Taliban militants have abducted more than 30 Pakistani boys who mistakenly crossed into neighboring Afghanistan. Officials say the boys, between the ages of 10 and 18, were kidnapped Thursday after crossing from Pakistan’s Bajaur tribal region into eastern Afghanistan’s Kunar province. The boys were reportedly taking part in an outing […]

Dozens of Pakistani Boys Kidnapped in Afghanistan

Posted September 2nd, 2011 at 7:30 am (UTC-5)
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Local Pakistani officials say suspected militants have abducted more than 30 Pakistani boys, after they crossed into neighboring Afghanistan. Officials say the boys, between the ages of 10 and 18, were kidnapped Thursday after crossing from Pakistan’s Bajaur tribal region into Afghanistan’s eastern Kunar province. Local authorities in Afghanistan said they had no knowledge of […]

12 Killed in NW Pakistan

Posted September 1st, 2011 at 5:55 pm (UTC-5)
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Pakistani authorities say at least 12 people were killed Thursday in two separate attacks in the country’s volatile northwest. Local police said that in the first attack in the Lakki Marwat district of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province, a suicide car bomber blew himself up as he approached a police station. The blast killed the bomber and at […]

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10 Killed in NW Pakistan

Posted September 1st, 2011 at 4:00 pm (UTC-5)
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Pakistani authorities say 10 people were killed Thursday in two separate attacks in the country’s volatile northwest. Local police said that in the first attack in the Lakki Marwat district of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province, a suicide car bomber blew himself up as he approached a police station. The blast killed the bomber and two civilians and […]

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Suicide Bomber Kills 2 in Northwest Pakistan

Posted September 1st, 2011 at 3:00 pm (UTC-5)
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Authorities in Pakistan say a suicide bomber has killed two people in Pakistan’s northwest. Police said they fired at the bomber’s vehicle as it approached a police station in the Lakki Marwat district of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province on Thursday. Despite taking fire, the driver detonated his explosives, killing himself and the two others. Several policemen were […]

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Pakistan: Indian Forces Kill 3 Pakistani Soldiers in Kashmir

Posted September 1st, 2011 at 10:05 am (UTC-5)
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Pakistani army officials say Indian forces fired across the de facto border in the disputed region of Kashmir early Wednesday, killing three Pakistani soldiers. Pakistan’s army spokesman Major General Athar Abbas told reporters Thursday that the shooting was “unprovoked.” He said the soldiers had been moving between posts in the Neelam valley before the gunfire […]

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Gunmen Kill 7 Shi’ite Muslims in NW Pakistan

Posted September 1st, 2011 at 9:20 am (UTC-5)
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Authorities in Pakistan say gunmen have killed seven Shi’ite Muslims in the country’s northwest tribal region. The victims, including several members of a family, were traveling in the Kurram tribal agency Thursday when their vehicle was ambushed. While no one has claimed responsibility for the attack, local officials say they suspect it was a sectarian […]

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Pakistan: Indian Forces Kill 3 Pakistani Soldiers in Kashmir

Posted September 1st, 2011 at 5:20 am (UTC-5)
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Pakistani army officials say Indian forces fired across the de facto border in the disputed region of Kashmir early Wednesday, killing three Pakistani soldiers. Pakistan’s army spokesman Major General Athar Abbas told reporters that the firing was “unprovoked.” He said the soldiers had been moving between posts in the Neelam valley before the firing erupted […]

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Car Bomb Kills 10 After Eid Prayers in Pakistan

Posted August 31st, 2011 at 9:45 pm (UTC-5)
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Pakistani police say a suspected suicide car bomber killed 10 people, including women and children, after morning prayers Wednesday at the start of Eid al-Fitr in southwestern Baluchistan province. Authorities say hundreds of people were leaving a Shi’ite mosque in Quetta when the bomb exploded in a nearby parking lot. Eid al-Fitr is a three-day […]

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