Pakistan

A suicide bomber blew himself up at a Pakistan police checkpoint in the northwestern city of Peshawar on Monday killing three people, police said. Initial reports said the bomber got out of a rickshaw and detonated his explosives at the checkpoint on the outer ring road of the northwestern metropolis, which runs into the Al-Qaeda and Taliban-infested tribal badlands. "It was a suicide attack," city police chief Liaquat Ali Khan said. "According to initial reports, one civilian and one policeman died," he told reporters at the bomb site. Police official Mohammad Karim told AFP three people were killed. Doctor Zafar Iqbal at the city's ... Read Full Story

As Pakistan's army plows ahead with its offensive in South Waziristan, its success is at risk because the government has yet to come up with plan to run and rebuild the lawless territory so that the Taliban and al-Qaida don't re-emerge. The Pakistani army launched a ground offensive in the Afghan border region in mid-October, pitting some 30,000 troops against up to 8,000 insurgents in an operation praised by U.S officials. In recent days, the soldiers have entered three major Taliban bases in South Waziristan, largely securing one of them, though many militants are believed to have simply fled the fighting. But the army's ... Read Full Story

A suicide car bomber struck near a busy cattle market in Pakistan's Peshawar city on Sunday, killing 12 people including a former Taliban supporter turned anti-militant mayor, police said. The bomber also wounded 36 people outside a property of Mayor Abdul Malik on the outskirts of the northwest city troubled by Islamist militancy. Malik, one of a number of city mayors, had raised a militia against Taliban rebels. Pakistan is currently waging a military offensive against the insurgents in their northwest mountain hideouts, incurring the wrath of the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) group, which has retaliated with a wave of deadly attacks. "The suicide bomber ... Read Full Story

A suicide car bomber struck near a busy cattle market in Pakistan's Peshawar city on Sunday, killing 12 people including a former Taliban supporter turned anti-militant mayor, police said. The bomber also wounded 36 people outside a property of Mayor Abdul Malik on the outskirts of the northwest city troubled by Islamist militancy. Malik, one of a number of city mayors, had raised a militia against Taliban rebels. Pakistan is currently waging a military offensive against the insurgents in their northwest mountain hideouts, incurring the wrath of the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) group, which has retaliated with a wave of deadly attacks. "The suicide bomber ... Read Full Story

A suicide car bomber struck near a busy cattle market in Pakistan's Peshawar city on Sunday, killing 12 people including a former Taliban supporter turned anti-militant mayor, police said. The bomber also wounded 36 people outside a property of Mayor Abdul Malik on the outskirts of the northwest city troubled by Islamist militancy. Malik, one of a number of city mayors, had raised a militia against Taliban rebels. Pakistan is currently waging a military offensive against the insurgents in their northwest mountain hideouts, incurring the wrath of the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) group, which has retaliated with a wave of deadly attacks. "The suicide bomber ... Read Full Story

A suicide car bomber struck near a busy cattle market in Pakistan's Peshawar city on Sunday, killing 12 people including a former Taliban supporter turned anti-militant mayor, police said. The bomber also wounded 36 people outside a property of Mayor Abdul Malik on the outskirts of the northwest city troubled by Islamist militancy. Malik, one of a number of city mayors, had raised a militia against Taliban rebels. Pakistan is currently waging a military offensive against the insurgents in their northwest mountain hideouts, incurring the wrath of the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) group, which has retaliated with a wave of deadly attacks. "The suicide bomber ... Read Full Story

A suicide car bomber struck near a local mayor's house in Pakistan's Peshawar city Sunday, killing 11 people including the one-time rebel backer turned anti-Taliban crusader, police said. The bomber also wounded 36 people outside a property of Mayor Abdul Malik on the outskirts of the northwest city troubled by Islamist militancy. Malik, one of a number of city mayors, had raised a militia against Taliban rebels. Pakistan is currently waging an offensive against insurgents in their northwest mountain hideouts, incurring the wrath of the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) group, which has retaliated with a wave of deadly attacks. "The suicide bomber came in a ... Read Full Story