Six soldiers, 17 Taliban killed in NW Pakistan clash

Drone attack kills 10 Al Qaeda suspects in Yemen

Ten Al Qaeda suspects were killed while a top leader in the network escaped death as US drones carried out several air strikes on their strongholds in Yemen s south, local officials said Wednesday 21/9/2011.

“US drones carried out two air strikes on Al-Mahfad (in the southern Abyan province) where Al-Qaeda militants — among them Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula s (AQAP) number two Saeed al-Shehri — are present,” said a local official in the village.

Four suspected militants were killed while Shehri escaped, said the well-informed official who requested anonymity.

Another local official from the town of Shaqra — controlled by the militants since June — said that six other “Al-Qaeda gunmen” were killed and three were wounded in two separate air raids on the town.

Since anti-government protests swept Yemen in late January, militants have taken advantage of the weakening of central authority to set up base in several southern provinces as well as Marib province in the east.

In May, a group who name themselves the Partisans of Sharia (Islamic Law), believed to be affiliated with Al-Qaeda, seized control of many regions across Abyan province.

Washington and other Western governments have repeatedly expressed growing concern about the role Al-Qaeda might play in Yemen if the regime of veteran President Ali Abdullah Saleh collapses and a power vacuum ensues.

Late on Tuesday, the Washington Post said that the United States is building an array of secret new drone bases to conduct strikes against Al-Qaeda targets in Somalia and Yemen.

The Post said the United States is also conducting drone missions over Yemen and Somalia from Djibouti, seeking to weaken Al-Qaeda affiliates in both countries.

“It s a conscious recognition that those are the hot spots developing right now,” it quoted a former senior US military official as saying.

The United States regularly launches drone strikes against suspected militants along the Afghanistan-Pakistan border, where it claims to have greatly degraded Al-Qaeda s core leadership.

Lakki Marwat: 4 killed, 22 injured in suicide attack on police station

LAKKI MARWAT: At least four persons have been reported killed and 22 injured in a suicide attack on a police station in Lakki Marwat today, TrendPK reported on Thursday.

According to initial reports, the terrorists smashed an explosive-laden vehicle into a police station in Peezo area of Lucky Marwat this day, leaving 4 persons dead and 22 injured.

Many neighboring buildings and shops were also damaged severely along with the police station in the powerful blast.

The local people and authorities rushed to the blast site and moved the dead bodies and injured to hospital while heavy contingents of the police reached on the scene and cordoned off the area.

According to government sources, after deadly blast the authorities imposed curfew in Tank this day. TrendPK

Man involved in Quetta Express attack, arrested

QUETTA: Frontier Corps Balochistan arrested a man accused of attack on Quetta Express, TrendPK reported Monday.

The FC officials were quite sure that they would soon arrest the other accused involved in the attack on the train.

According to the FC spokesman, a man allegedly involved in the attack on Quetta Express near Mach yesterday, had been arrested. A motorcycle used in the attack was also recovered from his custody.

It should be mentioned here that Quetta Express left three people dead and 18 others sustained injuries. TrendPK

Gunmen torch 19 NATO oil tankers in Mastung

MASTUNG: Suspected militants attacked a convoy of tankers carrying fuel supplies for coalition forces in Afghanistan, torching 19 vehicles.

The attack took place on Sibi-Quetta Highway in Mastung District of Balochistan.

Fire brigade teams were brought to Mastung from Quetta to extinguish the blaze that could be seen several kilometers away.

Security forces reached the scene and cordoned off the area.

No loss of life was reported in the attack. TrendPK

North Waziristan: US drone attack kills 4 militants

According to sources, the drones fired two missiles on a house and killed four militants after which fear gripped the area.

The sources further said that the casualties in the attack are feared to be increased.

Peshawar: 9 killed in Swabi Interchange suicide blast

PESHAWAR: At least nine people, including a policeman, have been killed and several others wounded in a suicide bomb blast at a reception arranged for JUI-F chief Maulana Fazal-ur Rehman, near Swabi Interchange, TrendPK reported Wednesday.

Police and other law enforcement agencies cordoned off the area; the bodies and injured have been taken to Swabi’s district hospital.

Maulana Fazlur Rehman remained safe in the attack.

President Asif Ali Zardari, Altaf Hussain and other key politicians condemned the attack. TrendPK

Fans Attack Shakib Ul Hassan Home

After the shameful defeat by 9 runs from West Indies, Bangladeshi fans firstly attack the bus of West Indies and then they attack on the home of Captain Shakib Ul Hassan. In  the attack on West Indies bus there were no damage to any player. The players were angry after the attack and they said that it was not fare to attack on the touring nation.

Overnight tankers attack kills four in Peshawar

PESHAWAR: At least four people were killed in an attack at NATO’s oil tankers here in Ring Road area by some unidentified miscreants in the wee hours of Friday.

According to details, some unidentified saboteurs opened fire at over 40 NATO supply oil tankers parked at Arbab Terminal near Peshawar’s suburban area of Ring Road in the wee hours of Friday. The oil tankers soon caught fire.

Rescue and fire brigade staff arrived on the spot as soon as the attack was reported. The terrorists managed to flee the scene effortlessly.

The injured have been shifted to nearby hospital.

According to local people, they heard the blast sounds prior to the gunshot were fired. TrendPK

Iraq: Twin suicide blasts kill 17

Twin suicide bombings rocked a government compound in Iraq’s western city Ramadi on Monday, killing at least 17 people and injuring several others.

Details of the attack, the second on the compound this month, were still sketchy, with some confusion surrounding the number of those killed and injured. The death toll has risen to 17, most of them police officers, and 47 people have been wounded, said a police official at the site of the attack, speaking on condition of anonymity. He said the blasts were caused by two successive vehicle bombs, and rescue operations were still under way. Anbar Governor Qassim Mohammedsaid the attacks killed seven and wounded 28. He said the first blast happened when a minibus exploded outside the compound. The second blast was caused by a suicide bomber on foot, disguised as a policeman.The compound houses the provincial council as well as the police headquarters for Anbar province. While overall violence in Iraq has dropped from the peak of sectarian warfare in 2006-7, bombings and attacks still occur daily. A suicide car bomber killed 13 people and wounded dozens at the same compound on Dec. 12. The sprawling desert province of Anbar was the heartland of a Sunni Islamist insurgency after the 2003 U.S.-led invasion. Its main cities, Ramadi and Falluja, witnessed some of the fiercest fighting of the war.Ramadi is 100 kms west of Baghdad.

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