01-30-2010, 07:25 PM
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[url="http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/news/pakistan/04-bajaur-blast-qs-08"]Suicide blast kills 12 in Bajaur[/url]
KHAR : A suicide bomber blew himself up at a military checkpoint in northwest Pakistan's Bajaur tribal region on Saturday, killing 12 people including two soldiers, officials said.
A man wearing a vest packed with explosives walked up to the post in Khar, the main town in Bajaur, and detonated himself, senior administration official Iqbal Khattak told AFP.
ââ¬ÅSo far 12 deaths have been confirmed, two of them were paramilitary soldiers,ââ¬Â he said, adding that more than 20 others, all civilians, were wounded.
A senior military official, speaking on condition of anonymity, confirmed the blast and casualties.
The man wanted to proceed towards nearby government buildings and military barracks but the soldiers stopped him, he said. The soldiers were killed when the attacker blew himself up.
The checkpoint is in the town's main bazaar which was shut after the blast.
Three vehicles and four shops were destroyed in the bombing, Khattak said.
Bajaur is in Pakistan's volatile tribal belt bordering Afghanistan. The area has become a stronghold for hundreds of extremists who fled Afghanistan after a US-led invasion ousted the Taliban regime in Kabul in late 2001.
The suicide attack came a day after Pakistani security forces killed 24 suspected militants in air strikes and clashes on Friday in the district plagued by Taliban insurgents.
One paramilitary soldier was also killed and three wounded in Friday's clash in the town of Chinar in the district of Bajaur, which has been the site of a number of recent military offensives.
Jets and helicopter gunships have been pounding suspected militant hideouts since Tuesday, as the military step up operations in mountainous Bajaur, the scene of a major anti-militant operation launched in August 2008.
In February 2009 the army said the area had been secured and Taliban fighters crushed, but unrest swiftly flared up again and military operations have continued, part of a fresh assault on militants across the northwest.
Around 30,000 Pakistani troops backed by fighter jets and helicopter gunships went into the Taliban stronghold of South Waziristan in October, and the military says they are making progress and that militants are fleeing.
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KARACHI: At least six people have been killed and eight others injured in last 24 hours as workers of rival political parties clashed in Orangi Town in Karachi, DawnNews reported
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[url="http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/news/pakistan/04-bajaur-blast-qs-08"]Suicide blast kills 12 in Bajaur[/url]
KHAR : A suicide bomber blew himself up at a military checkpoint in northwest Pakistan's Bajaur tribal region on Saturday, killing 12 people including two soldiers, officials said.
A man wearing a vest packed with explosives walked up to the post in Khar, the main town in Bajaur, and detonated himself, senior administration official Iqbal Khattak told AFP.
ââ¬ÅSo far 12 deaths have been confirmed, two of them were paramilitary soldiers,ââ¬Â he said, adding that more than 20 others, all civilians, were wounded.
A senior military official, speaking on condition of anonymity, confirmed the blast and casualties.
The man wanted to proceed towards nearby government buildings and military barracks but the soldiers stopped him, he said. The soldiers were killed when the attacker blew himself up.
The checkpoint is in the town's main bazaar which was shut after the blast.
Three vehicles and four shops were destroyed in the bombing, Khattak said.
Bajaur is in Pakistan's volatile tribal belt bordering Afghanistan. The area has become a stronghold for hundreds of extremists who fled Afghanistan after a US-led invasion ousted the Taliban regime in Kabul in late 2001.
The suicide attack came a day after Pakistani security forces killed 24 suspected militants in air strikes and clashes on Friday in the district plagued by Taliban insurgents.
One paramilitary soldier was also killed and three wounded in Friday's clash in the town of Chinar in the district of Bajaur, which has been the site of a number of recent military offensives.
Jets and helicopter gunships have been pounding suspected militant hideouts since Tuesday, as the military step up operations in mountainous Bajaur, the scene of a major anti-militant operation launched in August 2008.
In February 2009 the army said the area had been secured and Taliban fighters crushed, but unrest swiftly flared up again and military operations have continued, part of a fresh assault on militants across the northwest.
Around 30,000 Pakistani troops backed by fighter jets and helicopter gunships went into the Taliban stronghold of South Waziristan in October, and the military says they are making progress and that militants are fleeing.
BBB : BROTHERLINESS AS PRACTICED BY THE PEACE LOVING IN THE LAND OF THE PURE
[url="http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/news/pakistan/18-six-killed-in-political-clash-in-karachi-am-01"]Six killed in political clash in Karachi[/url]
KARACHI: At least six people have been killed and eight others injured in last 24 hours as workers of rival political parties clashed in Orangi Town in Karachi, DawnNews reported
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