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Militants kill four Pakistani soldiers: officials

AFP Asian Edition 21 hours ago

Four Pakistani soldiers were killed when militants stormed a security post in a troubled tribal region bordering Afghanistan, officials said Friday. Armed with heavy weapons and rockets, militants launched the attack on a post in Chinar town in the Bajaur tribal region, ...

Bond returns to NZ team for Pakistan Tests

AFP Global Edition 23 hours ago

Star fast bowler Shane Bond has been recalled to the New Zealand Test squad to play Pakistan in the first two Tests of a three-match series. Bond's selection Friday follows a two-year absence from the New Zealand Test team due to injury ...

Three killed in latest bomb blast in Pakistan city

Reuters US Online Report World News yesterday

PESHAWAR, Pakistan (Reuters) - Three policemen were killed and six wounded when their vehicle hit a roadside bomb in Pakistan's volatile city of Peshawar early Friday, police said. Peshawar, capital of the North West Frontier Province bordering Afghanistan, has borne the brunt ...

AP Exclusive: Muslim countries seek blasphemy ban

AP News yesterday

AP Exclusive: Muslim countries seek UN treaty to protect religion from blasphemy Four years after cartoons of the prophet Muhammad set off violent protests across the Muslim world, Islamic nations are mounting a campaign for an international treaty to protect religious symbols ...

Bomb attack kills Pakistan police: official

AFP South Asian Edition yesterday

A bomb ripped through a Pakistan police vehicle, killing two policemen and wounding five people on the outskirts of the northwestern city of Peshawar early Friday, officials said. "It was a remote-controlled bomb packed with steel pellets, which was planted on the ...

Bomb attack targets Pakistan police: official

AFP South Asian Edition yesterday

A bomb attack targeted a Pakistan police patrol vehicle, killing one policemen and wounding four others in a downtown area of the northwestern city of Peshawar early Friday, police said. "One policemen has been martyred and four injured in the attack," senior ...

US woos skeptical Pakistanis on Afghan strategy

AP News yesterday

New US Afghan strategy faces serious obstacles from skeptical Pakistani officials Faced with an escalating insurgency, Pakistan increasingly views U.S. efforts to stabilize neighboring Afghanistan as critical to its own security — but is worried enough about the chances of American failure ...

Bomber kills 19 outside Pakistan court

AFP South Asian Edition yesterday

A suicide bomber struck a court in Peshawar on Thursday, killing 19 people in the sixth attack on the northwestern city in 11 days as Pakistani troops press on with a major anti-Taliban offensive. The bomber hit at the main gate of ...

Bomber kills 16 outside Pakistan court: officials

AFP South Asian Edition yesterday

A suicide bomber struck a court in Peshawar Thursday killing 16 people, the sixth attack on the northwestern city in 11 days as Pakistani troops press a major anti-Taliban offensive. The bomber hit at the main gate of the building, near the ...

Bomber kills 16 at Pakistan court: officials

AFP South Asian Edition yesterday

A suicide bomber struck outside a Pakistan court, killing 16 people on Thursday in the sixth attack on the northwestern city in 11 days as troops press a major anti-Taliban offensive. The bomb exploded at the main gate of the building near ...

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