Suicide Bombers

Suicide Bombers

What motivates and drives someone to become a suicide bomber? Discuss the political and religious environment that has influenced world culture and sparked increased violence and desperation.

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A suicide bomber killed an anti-Taliban provincial lawmaker in Pakistan's restive Swat valley Tuesday, police said. Shamsher Ali, a member of the regional assembly in Pakistan's North West Frontier Province, was meeting guests at his house in the Kanju town when the attacker detonated his explosives. "Mr Shamsher was killed at the scene while at least 15 people were wounded," Swat's police chief Ghulam Farooq said. Hospital authorities said Ali's brother was among four people critically injured in the bombing that took place when a crowd was exchanging greetings with the politician after the Muslim festival of Eid al-Adha celebrated over the weekend. Television ... Read Full Story
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Suicide Bomber Kills Pakistan Provincial Lawmaker A teenage suicide bomber killed an anti-Taliban lawmaker in his house in Pakistan's Swat Valley on Tuesday, showing the militant threat in the region remains months after a military push there was declared a success. The blast in the northwestern Afghan border region came as President Barack Obama prepared to announce a new strategy to defeat the insurgency in Afghanistan and Pakistan, where the U.S. says al-Qaida and Taliban mil 1 Vote(s) Read Full Story
HERAT, Afghanistan (Reuters) - A suicide bomber on a motorcycle attacked a senior police official in a crowded area in southwest Afghanistan Friday, killing the official and six others, a provincial police chief said. Farah Province Police Chief Faqir Mohammad Askar said 35 people were also wounded in the attack in Farah City, capital of the province. Two of the dead were the official's bodyguards and four were civilians, Askar said. Farah, a mainly desert province along the border with Iran, is one of the areas that has seen a rise in insurgent attacks this year as Taliban militants have spread to the west ... Read Full Story
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A suicide bomber riding a motorcycle blew himself up in the heart of Afghanistan's southwestern town of Farah, killing six people and wounding 36 civilians, the provincial police chief said. The bomber struck in an area where heavy trucks were being loaded up with goods travelling from Farah to Herat, police said. "A suicide bomber with a motorcycle carried out a suicide attack in the centre of Farah town in the area of Ada Herat," Faqir Ahmad Askar, police chief of Farah southwest province, told AFP. "As a result, six people were killed including a police officer. So far, 36 civilians were wounded," he ... Read Full Story
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Afghan officials say a suicide bomber targeting an Afghan security forces convoy in the south of the country has killed 10 civilians and wounded another 13. The deputy police chief of Uruzgan province, Gulad Khan, says the suicide bomber was on foot and blew himself up in a busy market, before reaching the convoy. Khan says three of the dead are boys aged between 12 and 14 who were selling shopping bags in the market. He says four of the wounded are in critical condition. Seven shops were also damaged in the Thursday afternoon bombing. Interior Ministry spokesman Zemeri Bashary says a policeman had ... Read Full Story
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Islamabad, Dec 1 (DPA) A suicide bomber killed an anti-Taliban provincial lawmaker in Pakistan’s restive Swat valley Tuesday, police said. Shamsher Ali, a member of the regional assembly in Pakistan’s North West Frontier Province, was meeting guests at his house in the Kanju town when the attacker detonated his explosives. “Mr Shamsher was killed at the [...]  
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A teenage suicide bomber killed an anti-Taliban lawmaker in his house in Pakistan's Swat Valley on Tuesday, showing the militant threat in the region remains months after a military push there was declared a success.The blast in the northwestern Afghan border region came as President Barack Obama prepared to announce a new strategy to defeat the insurgency in Afghanistan and Pakistan, where the U.S. says al-Qaida and Taliban militants still...  
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PESHAWAR: A suicide bomber killed a provincial lawmaker and his brother on Tuesday in Pakistan's northwest Swat valley, where the military claims to have quashed a Taliban uprising. A man with explosi...  
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Pakistani officials say a suicide bomber has killed an anti-Taliban provincial lawmaker as he was receiving guests at his house in Swat Valley.

Tuesday's attack comes months after a military push into the northwestern territory that was declared a success. The situation has been relatively peaceful since the offensive but sporadic violence continues, underscoring the difficulties the army faces.  

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People gather at the spot of a suicide bombing outside a courthouse in Peshawar, Pakistan on... People gather at the spot of a suicide bombing outside a courthouse in Peshawar, Pakistan on Thursday, Nov. 19, 2009. A suicide bomber killed at least 16 ...  
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- Nov. 19: A suicide bomber kills 19 people outside a courthouse in the main northwestern city of Peshawar. - Nov. 16: A suicide truck bomber attacks a police station in northwestern Pakistan, killing six people. - Nov. 14: A suicide car bomber ...  
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Kabul, Nov 19 (IANS) Ten civilians were killed and many others injured Thursday when a suicide bomber blew himself up in Uruzgan province in southern Afghanistan, the police said. Nearly two dozen people were injured in the blast at 3.30 p.m. in Dehrawad district. An official said the suicide bomber first tried to attack an army convoy [...]  
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