Peshawar, Pakistan News

SECOND ATTACK: Officials said a policeman and two civilians were killed when a bomber stepped out of his rickshaw and detonated his explosives in Peshawar AFP, PESHAWAR, PAKISTAN Tuesday, Nov 10, 2009, Page 5 A suicide bomber killed three people yesterday in the second attack in the Pakistani city of Peshawar in 24 hours as militants stepped up ...

A suspected suicide bomber struck a police post in Pakistana s northwestern Peshawar city, killing at least four people in the second attack there in two days.

By LOLITA C. BALDOR Updated: November 09, 2009, 3:55 AM / Under growing pressure from U.S. missile strikes, the al-Qaida terror network is relying more heavily on local insurgent groups along the Pakistan border to house training camps that are growing smaller and more mobile, according to counterterrorism officials and analysts.

PESHAWAR: Fifteen people, including the Nazim of the Adezai Union Council, were killed and 42 others sustained injuries in a suicide attack near the Matani cattle market, some 25 kilometres from here, on Sunday.

A former Pakistan Member of the National Assembly , Javed Ibrahim Paracha, who is known for having a good contact with the Taliban leadership, has said that the US has approached him once again to initiate talks with the outlawed group.

By Manzoor Ali Shah PESHAWAR: With more than 2.5 million population, Peshawar lacks proper rescue, relief, and disaster management facilities, while negligence on the part of the government to equip and make functional the organisations created for the purpose is making the situation worse, officials and sources told Daily Times on Saturday.

PESHAWAR: District Coordination Officer Peshawar Sahibzadah Anis confirmed the killings of at least eight people in the blast in Adizai area of Matni in Peshawar, Geo News reported Sunday.

Via Xinhua: Afghan A/H1N1 flu patient dies in Pakistan . Excerpt: An Afghan female who was infected with A/H1N1 influenza died at a hospital in northwest Pakistan's city of Peshawar on Saturday, hospital authorities confirmed.

The blast coincided with a trip to Pakistan by Secretary of State Hillar9 Rodham C Linton , who was abou4 a three-hour drive away.

Washington, Nov.7 : While the Pakistan government has blamed the banned terror outfits such as the Taliban and Al-Qaeda for the devastating car bomb blast in Peshawar's Meena Bazaar, in which over 100 people were killed, many Pakistanis believe it was countries like the US, India and Israel which were the real enemies of the state and not the ...

On October 28th, 2009, a bomb ripped through a crowded market in Peshawar, Pakistan, killing over 117 Pakistani civilians.

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A suicide bomber killed more than 30 and injured 45 more in a high-security area of Rawalpindi, Pakistan on Monday.

The blast, which apparently targeted military personnel and civilians who had gathered at the bank to collect salaries and pensions, is the latest in a wave of suicide and hostage-taking attacks that have left nearly 200 dead in a month.

The attack shows again how terrorists' reach has extended into relatively safe areas of Pakistan's major cities, and underscores the scope of the security threat facing the Pakistani government. It came just hours after Pakistan announced a bounty on 21 top Taliban leaders, saying they were wanted "dead or alive."

The average Pakistani soldier has already psychologically crossed over to the Jehadi side.

DERA ISMAIL KHAN: Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan chief Hakimullah Mehsud has urged his fighters to stand fast against the military offensive in South Waziristan, warning them in an intercepted message obtained on Thursday that cowards will go to hell.

An excavator removes debris of destroyed buildings a day after a deadly car bomb blast at a market in Peshawar on October 28.

WANA/PESHAWAR: At least 30 militants were killed and eight soldiers, including two officers, sustained injuries in heavy clashes and street fighting as the troops entered the Taliban stronghold of Ladha on Wednesday.

The bloody wave of terror strikes continued in Pakistan as two separate suicide attacks hit the country, in Rawalpindi and Lahore, killing at least 36 people and injuring 39 Monday.

By Tanveer Ahmed KARACHI: Foreign investors invested heavily in local stock market during the last three days shrugging off all the uncertainties of current political situation and security concerns.

Minister of state for Defence MM Pallam Raju on Wednesday raised doubt over whether Pakistan would be able to safeguard its nuclear arsenal from the Taliban.

NWFP businessmen want concerns addressed Thursday, November 05, 2009 By Riaz Khan Daudzai PESHAWAR: Economic experts have asked the US State Department and US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to prevail on the Afghan government to address their concerns while redrafting the Afghan Transit Trade Agreement before its finalization by December 13 ...