Officials in northwestern Pakistan say a suicide bomber has attacked a police checkpoint, killing at least 16 people, including five policemen. At least 12 people were wounded in the blast. Authorities say the attack happened Friday near a market in Khar, the main town of the Bajaur tribal district, along the Afghan border. Officials say […]
11 Killed in Suicide Attack in Pakistan
Posted May 4th, 2012 at 1:10 am (UTC-5)
Officials in northwestern Pakistan say a suicide bomber has attacked a police checkpoint, killing at least 11 people, including four policemen. Authorities say the attack happened Friday in Khar, the main town of the Bajaur tribal district, along the Afghan border. Officials say no group has claimed responsibility for the attack, but the Pakistani Taliban […]
Bombs Targeting Anti-Taliban Leaders Kill 5 in NW Pakistan
Posted May 3rd, 2012 at 7:00 am (UTC-5)
Officials in northwestern Pakistan say two bomb blast targeting anti-Taliban tribal leaders have killed at least five people. The attacks happened minutes apart Thursday in Chamarkand, a town in the country’s tribal region near the Afghan border. Officials said the second blast came after security forces responded to the first explosion. No group immediately claimed […]
Hundreds of Pakistanis Rally on Bin Laden Death Anniversary
Posted May 2nd, 2012 at 12:45 pm (UTC-5)
Hundreds of Pakistanis took to the streets Wednesday to mark the first anniversary of al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden’s death. U.S. special forces killed bin Laden during a covert raid in the garrison Pakistani town of Abbottabad on May 2, 2011. In the southwestern city of Quetta, members of the pro-Taliban Jammat-e-Ulema Party condemned bin […]
Bomb Targeting Troops Kills 2 in Civilians in Pakistan
Posted May 1st, 2012 at 8:40 am (UTC-5)
Authorities say a roadside bomb targeting paramilitary troops has killed two civilians in southwestern Pakistan. Tuesday’s blast in Quetta, the capital of Baluchistan province, took place as a Frontier Corps traveled on Saryab Road. At least 12 people were wounded in the attack. No one has claimed responsibility for the bombing. Baluchistan is home to […]
Kidnapped British Red Cross Doctor Beheaded in Pakistan
Posted April 29th, 2012 at 6:00 pm (UTC-5)
The beheaded body of a British Red Cross doctor was found by the roadside in southwestern Pakistan Sunday, nearly four months after he was kidnapped by suspected militants. Police in Quetta, the capital of insurgency-hit Baluchistan province, said a note was found with the body in which the Pakistani Taliban claimed responsibility, saying the doctor […]
Kidnapped British Red Cross Doctor Beheaded in Pakistan
Posted April 29th, 2012 at 4:45 pm (UTC-5)
The beheaded body of a British Red Cross doctor was found by the roadside in southwestern Pakistan Sunday, nearly four months after he was kidnapped by suspected militants. Police in Quetta, the capital of insurgency-hit Baluchistan province, said a note was found with the body in which the Pakistani Taliban claimed responsibility, saying the doctor […]
Kidnapped British Doctor Beheaded in Pakistan
Posted April 29th, 2012 at 11:15 am (UTC-5)
The beheaded body of a British doctor working for the Red Cross has been found by the roadside in Quetta, Pakistan nearly four months after he was kidnapped by suspected militants. Red Cross officials said 60-year-old Khalil Rasjed Dale had been managing a health program in Quetta for almost a year when he was kidnapped […]
Kidnapped British Doctor Killed in Pakistan
Posted April 29th, 2012 at 9:25 am (UTC-5)
The body of a British doctor working for the Red Cross has been found in Quetta, Pakistan nearly four months after he was kidnapped by suspected militants. Red Cross officials said 60-year-old Khalil Rasjed Dale had been managing a health program in Quetta for almost a year when he was kidnapped on January 5 while […]
US, Pakistan Talks Fail
Posted April 28th, 2012 at 4:10 am (UTC-5)
A prominent U.S. newspaper says high-level talks designed to end a diplomatic deadlock between the U.S. and Pakistan have ended in failure because Pakistan has demanded an unconditional apology from Washington for an airstrike. The New York Times says Marc Grossman, the U.S. special envoy to Afghanistan and Pakistan, left Islamabad Friday night after two […]
