Attacks across Pakistan Saturday killed at least 19 people. In the deadliest attack, authorities say a suicide bomber detonated explosives outside the compound of militant commander Mullah Nabi in the town of Spin Tal. Nine of the dead were killed in that attack. The town is in northwestern Pakistan, near the Afghan border. Nabi is […]
Suicide Bomber Kills 9 in Pakistan
Posted July 21st, 2012 at 5:55 am (UTC-5)
Police say a suicide bomber blew himself up in northwestern Pakistan, killing at least nine people and wounding around 16. Authorities say the bomber detonated his explosives Saturday just outside the compound of militant commander Mullah Nabi, in the town of Spin Tal, near the Afghan border. Nabi is a rival to another prominent commander, […]
Son of Ousted Pakistan Prime Minister Elected to Parliament
Posted July 20th, 2012 at 3:50 am (UTC-5)
The son of Pakistan’s ousted prime minister has been elected to parliament. Abdul Qadir Gilani of the Pakistan People’s Party won a by-election Thursday, beating out his closest rival by a little more than 4,000 votes. He was elected to the seat left vacant last month when the Supreme Court ruled his father, the former […]
Cameron Says Taliban Should Not Doubt Afghan Forces
Posted July 19th, 2012 at 3:50 am (UTC-5)
British Prime Minister David Cameron says the Taliban should have no doubt that international forces will be handing security responsibilities to an Afghan force capable of defeating an insurgency. Mr. Cameron said Thursday at a joint news conference with Afghan President Hamid Karzai in Kabul that global partners have committed to securing Afghanistan long beyond […]
Roadside Bomb Kills 14 Shi’ites in Pakistan
Posted July 18th, 2012 at 10:15 am (UTC-5)
Pakistani officials say a roadside bomb has killed at least 14 people in the country’s northwest. Wednesday’s blast struck a minibus carrying Shi’ite Muslims in the Sepa area of Orakzai tribal agency, along the Afghan border. Three women and three children were among those killed. The Pakistani Taliban claimed responsibility for the bombing. The group […]
Roadside Bomb Kills 14 in NW Pakistan
Posted July 18th, 2012 at 7:45 am (UTC-5)
Pakistani officials say a roadside bomb has exploded in the country’s northwestern tribal region, killing at least 14 people. Wednesday’s blast struck a minibus in the Orakzai tribal agency along the Afghan border, a known hub for Taliban- and al-Qaida-linked militants. The dead include three women and three children. Also Wednesday, Pakistan security officials said […]
Roadside Bomb Kills 11 in NW Pakistan
Posted July 18th, 2012 at 3:55 am (UTC-5)
Pakistani officials say a roadside bomb has exploded in the country’s northwestern tribal region, killing at least 11 people. The blast Wednesday struck a vehicle in Orakzai, one of the districts in the area along the Afghan border that is a known hub for Taliban- and al-Qaida-linked militants. There was no immediate claim of responsibility […]
Pakistani Court Rejects Mumbai Attack Report
Posted July 17th, 2012 at 12:05 pm (UTC-5)
A Pakistani court has rejected the findings of a commission that traveled to India to investigate the 2008 terrorist attacks in the Indian city of Mumbai. India had allowed an eight-member group made up of Pakistani prosecutors and defense attorneys to visit and gather information related to the cases of seven Pakistanis currently on trial […]
Gunmen Attack WHO Team in Pakistan’s Karachi
Posted July 17th, 2012 at 10:30 am (UTC-5)
Gunmen have opened fire on a World Health Organization team working on a polio immunization campaign in southern Pakistan, wounding two people. WHO says a staff member and an international consultant are in stable condition at a hospital, after Tuesday’s attack in the port city of Karachi. Pakistani police had earlier identified the two as […]
Immunization Doctor Shot in Karachi
Posted July 17th, 2012 at 8:35 am (UTC-5)
A doctor taking part in a widely-publicized polio immunization campaign is in a Pakistani hospital after being wounded when his vehicle came under heavy gunfire in the southern port city of Karachi. Police say the foreign doctor and his driver were on their way to an immunization camp Tuesday when two men began shooting. The […]
