Source: VOA News

Police in northwestern Pakistan say a suicide bomber detonated an explosives-filled car at a security post Tuesday, killing a Pakistani soldier and wounding at least seven others.
Authorities say the attack occurred in the town of Doaba in Hangu district.
Pakistan’s northwestern tribal areas are considered to be Taliban and al-Qaida militant strongholds.
Elsewhere in the […]

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Source: The Hindu

Gunmen opened fire on the top U.S. diplomat in northwestern Pakistan early Tuesday as she left for work in her armored vehicle, police and embassy officials said. No one was killed.
Lynne Tracy, principal officer for the consulate in the bustling city of Peshawar, was 100 yards (meters) from her house when two men […]

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Source: FOX NEWS

Police say a bomb explosion at a video shop has killed three people and wounded three in northwestern Pakistan.
Police official Abdul Rauf said the attack happened in the town of Kohat on Wednesday. He said the dead and injured had been transported to a hospital.
There was no immediate claim of responsibility. Previous bombings […]

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Source: AFP
A suicide bomber in a rickshaw blew himself up near a police checkpost in northwestern Pakistan Tuesday, killing a policeman and two civilians and wounding several others, the army said.
The attack on the outskirts of Bannu city was the first suicide bombing to target security forces since Pakistan’s new government came to power in […]

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Source: The Times of India
ISLAMABAD: Militants blew up a girls’ high school in the troubled Darra Adam Khel region in northwestern Pakistan after warning the students to stop attending classes and to join madrassas.
The nine-room school building at Akhurwal was completely destroyed by the explosion late on Monday night. The school’s administration had earlier received […]

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Source: VOA News
At least six people have died in an overnight clash between Pakistani security forces and insurgents operating near the border with Afghanistan.
A five-hour battle erupted in the Bajaur tribal area of northwestern Pakistan late Tuesday night, after a security vehicle on patrol was hit by an improvised roadside bomb. Military personnel exchanged fire […]

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Source: AFP
PESHAWAR - Dozens of Islamic militants attacked a security checkpost in northwestern Pakistan early Sunday, leaving three security personnel and at least one militant dead, police said.
Fierce fighting erupted after up to 60 insurgents armed with rocket launchers and machine guns attacked the checkpost in Mattni village, on the outskirts of Peshawar, senior police […]

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Source: AFP
by Saad Khan
PESHAWAR- A roadside bomb ripped through cars carrying wedding guests in northwestern Pakistan Friday, killing at least 14 people including the bride and wounding a dozen others, police said.
Children and women were also among the dead from the blast in the insurgency-hit Swat Valley, the first bomb attack in Pakistan since the […]

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Source: AP
By RIAZ KHAN
PESHAWAR— A Pakistani army helicopter crashed Wednesday in northwestern Pakistan, killing three generals and five other soldiers, officials said.
The aircraft went down in South Waziristan, a rugged tribal region along the border with Afghanistan, the army’s top spokesman Maj. Gen. Athar Abbas said.
The area has been the scene of intense fighting between […]

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