Posts Tagged ‘Suicide Attack’

Record civilian death toll in Afghan war last year: UN

A record number civilians were killed in Afghanistan’s decade-long war last year, with a dramatic rise in the number of deaths from suicide attacks, the United Nations reported Saturday.

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At least 3 killed, 8 injured in Peshawar suicide attack

At least three people were killed and eight injured as a result of a suicide attack in the Pakha Ghullam area of Peshawar Monday, private TV reported. According to initial reports, the explosion took place at a under construction house belonging to the leader of a banned organization. Among the eight injured two are children.

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Suicide car bomb outside Baghdad hospital kills 31

A suicide attacker driving an explosives-packed car hit a funeral procession in Zafraniyah, confirmed an interior ministry official.

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Suicide attack kills seven at Afghan airport

KANDAHAR  – A suicide bomber killed at least seven people and wounded eight Thursday in an attack at Kandahar international airport in war-torn southern Afghanistan, officials said.
Women and children were among the casualties and pools of blood and body parts were scattered around the burned-out wreckage of six vehicles at the scene of the attack, an AFP reporter said.
Witnesses said two of …

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Suicide attack kills seven at Afghan airport

KANDAHAR: A suicide bomber killed at least seven people and wounded eight Thursday in an attack at Kandahar international airport in war-torn southern Afghanistan, officials said. Women and children were among the casualties and pools of blood and body parts were scattered around the burned-out wreckage of six vehicles at the scene of the attack, [...]

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Forces quell militant attack on DPO office; eight killed

PESHAWAR – Security forces on Saturday quelled a militant attack on the office of District Police Officer (DPO) in Dera Ismail Khan in which eight people including four terrorists and two policemen were killed and seven cops were injured.
Sources said one of the suicide attackers blew himself up on the premises of the DPO office when he was encircled by the security personnel.
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Malik asks militants to lay down arms

RAWALPINDI – Interior Minister Rehman Malik said on Saturday that he was once again inviting militants for talks, but they would have to lay down their arms and renounce violence first.
Speaking to the media in Rawalpindi, Malik said that suicide attacks had gone down because of the help given by religious scholars and the action taken against those who were planning the attacks. On the attack …

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At least 20 killed, 70 injured in Basra suicide attack

A suicide bomber disguised as a policeman killed at least 20 people in an attack that targeted Shi’ite Muslim pilgrims passing through a checkpoint in Iraq’s southern city of Basra Saturday, police said.
The attack at the end of Arbain, one of the main religious observances on the Shi’ite calendar, occurred at a time when a political crisis in Iraq’s Shi’ite-led government has renewed fears of a …

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Suicide attacks in big cities feared

LAHORE – The law-enforcement agencies have been put on high-alert across the country to thwart any possible terror attacks especially in the major cities as foreign- sponsored terrorists have launched psychological war against Pakistan Army, threatening suicidal attacks on government installations, religious gatherings and security forces.
It was reliably learnt that a great number of fake …

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Two police dead in Afghan suicide attack: ministry

At least two policemen were killed and one was wounded on Tuesday when a group of suicide bombers stormed a government building in southeastern Afghanistan, the ministry of interior said. The group of four suicide bombers attacked the directorate of communication building in Sharana, the capital city of Paktika province, a statement said. In the course of the ongoing gun battle “two policemen …

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Syria says up to 25 killed in Damascus blast

A suicide attacker detonated his explosives in central Damascus Friday, killing and wounding dozens of people, state TV said. The TV footage as well as an official suggested that the target of the attack was a police bus.

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Soldier, four militants killed in Khyber suicide blast

A suspected armed militant blew himself up in a suicide attack during an operation by security forces in the Khyber agency region on Sunday, DawnNews reported.

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President Zardari damaged PPP: Imran

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Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chairman Imran Khan has said that no dictator could cause any harm to Pakistan People’s Party, which President Zardari himself has done with a suicide attack. Addressing a public gathering here in Pindi Ghep, Imran said that political mafia didn’t let anyone to bring change. The PTI…

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Hina fears suicide attacks from Afghan side

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ISLAMABAD – Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar on Tuesday said that Pakistan was only being made scapegoat as it could not be held responsible for every ill in the neighbouring country Afghanistan.
Hina Khar expressing her views during the question-hour session of the Senate further said that Afghanistan blamed Pakistan…

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Mosque suicide attack kills six in Afghanistan

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A suicide bomber Friday struck a mosque in eastern Afghanistan, killing at least six people including a district police chief, a government official said. The attack occurred as worshippers were leaving the mosque after the main Friday prayers in the Qazi Abad area of the eastern province of Kunar, which…

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At least 48 killed, over 100 injured in Kabul blast

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At least 48 people, including women and children, were killed in Tuesday’s suicide attack on a Shi’ite Muslim shrine in the centre of the Afghan capital Kabul, chief of the city’s criminal investigation department Mohammad Zahir said. “48 civilians (were) killed and more than 100 wounded including women and children.…

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Two killed including ex UC-nazim, seven injured in Swabi suicide blast

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The leader of ruling Awami National Party (ANP) in Khyber Pakthunkhwa and ex-union nazim, Hanif Jadoon and his bodyguard was killed while his son and seven others sustained critical wounds in a suicide attack in Malikabad area here on Monday, police. District police while confirming the incident said that Hanif…

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