Pakistani officials say a bomb has ripped through a passenger van in the country’s northwest tribal belt, killing at least six people. The blast Wednesday in the town of Jamrud in Khyber district left a mangled, charred shell of the van and a crater in the ground. No group immediately claimed responsibility for the bombing. […]
Sectarian Violence Leaves 14 Dead in Pakistan
Posted April 3rd, 2012 at 4:05 pm (UTC-5)
Pakistani officials say attacks linked to sectarian tensions between Sunni and Shi’ite Muslims in the northern town of Gilgit have left at least 14 people dead and dozens wounded. The officials said Tuesday’s violence began when five people in Gilgit were killed in clashes between police and Sunni Muslims protesting alleged attacks by Shi’ites. Hours […]
17 Killed in Pakistan Cross-Border Attack
Posted April 2nd, 2012 at 6:50 am (UTC-5)
Pakistani officials say dozens of militants launched an attack on a paramilitary checkpoint in Pakistan, killing at least three soldiers. The Frontier Corps said at least 14 insurgents were killed when troops responded to the attack Monday in the Mohmand tribal area, near the Afghan border. The identity of the militants was not immediately clear, […]
Violence, Killings Shut Down Karachi
Posted March 31st, 2012 at 12:30 pm (UTC-5)
A 24-hour span of violence and killings has shut down Pakistan’s largest city. Most shops and businesses in Karachi closed Saturday, after gangs of gunmen shot and killed 14 people in a spree that started Friday and continued through the overnight hours. The leader of one of the city’s biggest political parties, Waseem Ahmed with […]
20 Killed in Attack on NATO Supply Convoy in Afghanistan
Posted March 29th, 2012 at 5:25 pm (UTC-5)
Afghan officials say a NATO supply convoy came under heavy fire in mountainous western Afghanistan late Wednesday, sparking a gunbattle in which at least five Afghan security guards, an Afghan soldier and 14 attackers were killed. The officials say the firefight in Farah province was intense and raged for hours following the ambush by a […]
Gunmen Kill Shi’ite Muslims, UN Worker in Pakistan
Posted March 29th, 2012 at 8:20 am (UTC-5)
Gunmen have shot and killed five Shi’ite Muslims and a United Nations employee in two separate attacks in southwest Pakistan. Police say assailants on motorcycles opened fire on a passenger van in an apparent sectarian attack in Quetta, the capital of Baluchistan province, on Thursday. A woman was among those killed and at least six […]
Nigerian Militants Abandon Talks With Government
Posted March 20th, 2012 at 7:05 pm (UTC-5)
A purported spokesman for the Nigerian militant group, Boko Haram, says it has broken off talks with the Nigerian government. A man calling himself Abul Qaqa Tuesday told local reporters in the city of Maiduguri that the militants had engaged in indirect talks with the government, but that those talks had failed. The spokesman said […]
Attack Near Somali Presidential Palace Kills 5
Posted March 19th, 2012 at 7:40 am (UTC-5)
At least five people were killed in Somalia’s capital, Mogadishu, when insurgents fired mortars at the presidential palace but hit a displaced persons’ camp instead. Another seven people were injured in the overnight attack, for which militant group al-Shabab claimed responsibility. A colonel for the Somali army told VOA that the attack caused no damage […]
Bomb Kills Anti-Taliban Militiamen in Pakistan
Posted March 14th, 2012 at 7:35 am (UTC-5)
A bomb has killed at least five anti-Taliban militiamen in Pakistan’s northwest, along the Afghan border. Pakistani authorities say the remote control bomb exploded Wednesday as members of a pro-government militia met in the Bajaur tribal region. At least two people were wounded in the blast. While the Pakistani military continues to battle militants throughout […]
Militant Ambush Kills 7 Pakistani Soldiers
Posted March 9th, 2012 at 7:30 am (UTC-5)
Pakistani officials say insurgents have ambushed a military patrol in the semi-autonomous tribal region of North Waziristan, killing seven soldiers. Authorities say Pakistani forces have retaliated, killing eight militants. North Waziristan, located on the Afghan border, is a major hub for Taliban and al-Qaida-linked militants.
