Source: AFP
Tribesmen in northwestern Pakistan buried their dead on Saturday after a suicide attack killed at least 40 at a mass meeting called to tackle Taliban militancy in the area.
More than 2,000 tribesmen had gathered on open ground in the town of Ghaljo in Orakzai district Friday to discuss the creation of a lashkar (tribal […]
Burials after blast at anti-Taliban talks in Pakistan
October 11th, 2008 Aimon · No Comments
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Baitullah denies role in attack
December 30th, 2007 Sana · No Comments
Source: DAWN
TANK, Dec 29: Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan chief Baitullah Mehsud has denied any role in the assassination of former prime minister Benazir Bhutto.
Maulvi Umar, a spokesman for the militant leader, told Dawn by telephone on Saturday from an undisclosed location that the interior ministry statement was ‘defaming the Taliban movement.’
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Pakistan accused of Bhutto cover-up
December 29th, 2007 Sana · 2 Comments
Source: The Press Association
Islamic militants have said they have no link to Benazir Bhutto’s assassination, dismissing government claims that a leader of pro-Taliban forces in Pakistan carried out the suicide attack on the opposition leader.
Bhutto’s aides also said they doubted the militant commander Baitullah Mehsud was behind the attack and accused the government of a […]
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Eyewitness: Carnage at Bhutto rally
December 27th, 2007 Sana · 2 Comments
Source: BBC News
Benazir Bhutto was killed as she left a campaign rally in Rawalpindi, near the capital, Islamabad, ahead of next month’s general election.
A BBC correspondent at the rally says Ms Bhutto got out of her car to wave to a group of supporters who were chanting slogans in her support near the main gate […]
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