Suicide bombers have killed at least 15 people in two separate attacks in western and southern Afghanistan, raising fears of a renewed spring offensive by insurgents. Officials say at least 11 people were killed, including three policemen, in a suicide car bombing outside a local government facility near the capital of the western province of […]
Twin Suicide Attacks Kill 15 in Afghanistan
Posted April 10th, 2012 at 7:55 am (UTC-5)
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Twin Suicide Bombings Kill at Least 18 in Afghanistan
Posted April 10th, 2012 at 5:05 am (UTC-5)
Afghan officials say suicide bombers have attacked a police station in the southern province of Helmand, just hours after a deadly suicide attack on a government facility in the western part of the country. Officials say at least eight policemen were killed when three bombers stormed the police compound Tuesday in the district of Musa […]
Suicide Bombing Kills 10 in Western Afghanistan
Posted April 10th, 2012 at 4:10 am (UTC-5)
Afghan officials say a suicide car bombing killed at least 10 people early Tuesday outside a local government facility in the western province of Herat. Police say the driver of the car detonated the explosives after being ordered to stop his vehicle at the gate of the compound. At least one other person, including one […]
Suicide Bomber Kills 9 in Western Afghanistan
Posted April 10th, 2012 at 2:15 am (UTC-5)
Afghan officials say at least nine people were killed early Tuesday when a suicide bomber blew up a car filled with explosives outside a local government facility in the western district of Herat. Police say the driver detonated the explosives after being ordered to stop his vehicle at the gate of the compound. The blast […]
Shooting, Bombing Kill Dozens in Northern Nigeria
Posted April 9th, 2012 at 6:40 am (UTC-5)
Police in northeastern Nigeria say suspected members of the radical Islamist group Boko Haram shot dead a 6-year-old girl and wounded two infants Sunday, after a suicide car bombing earlier in the day killed at least 36 people. A Yobe state police spokesman told VOA the gunmen stormed the house of a police corporal in […]
Government-Backed Militia Attacked in Afghanistan
Posted April 5th, 2012 at 11:20 am (UTC-5)
Gunmen in Afghanistan’s western Farah province stormed the outpost of a government-back militia, killing at least eight of its members. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack late Wednesday in the Khaki Safed district. Officials said the attackers targeted the district’s Afghan Local Police, a force created with the help of the U.S. military. The […]
Twin Attacks Kill 4 in Pakistan’s Largest City
Posted April 5th, 2012 at 9:25 am (UTC-5)
A suicide bomber and a group of gunmen carried out two deadly attacks Thursday targeting police in Pakistan’s largest city. Police say three people died and another 13 were wounded when a suicide bomber blew himself up next to a vehicle carrying a district police chief. The chief – Malir district Chief Rao Anwar – […]
Government-Backed Militia Attacked in Afghanistan
Posted April 5th, 2012 at 7:40 am (UTC-5)
Gunmen in Afghanistan’s western Farah province stormed the outpost of a government-back militia, killing at least eight of its members. Afghan officials said the attack took place late Wednesday in the Khaki Safed district. They said the attackers targeted the district’s Afghan Local Police, which was created with the help of the U.S. military. The […]
Bomber, Gunmen Strike at Karachi Police with Deadly Results
Posted April 5th, 2012 at 5:30 am (UTC-5)
A suicide bomber and a group of gunmen carried out two deadly attacks Thursday targeting police in Pakistan’s largest city. Police say three people died and another 13 were wounded when a suicide bomber blew himself up next to a vehicle carrying a district police chief. The chief – Malir district Chief Rao Anwar – […]
Gunmen, Bomber Strike at Karachi Police
Posted April 5th, 2012 at 4:05 am (UTC-5)
Police in Pakistan’s largest city came under fire in what appears to be two, separate attacks – one targeting a top police official. Police say a district police chief escaped unharmed Thursday after a suicide bomber blew himself up next to his vehicle. At least five people were wounded. Elsewhere in Karachi Thursday, unidentified gunmen […]
