2 women hurt in Peshawar explosion

A roadside bomb blast injured a woman when it hit a police mobile on Tuesday at Charsadda road in Peshawar.

According to the police, the roadside bomb went off when the police mobile approached the site. The police vehicle was partially damaged in the attack. The blast also injured a passer-by woman. The forensic investigation shows that 2 kilograms of explosive material has been used in the attack.

The local police and security forces cordoned off the area following the attack and a probe has been started into the incident. The injured was shifted to a nearby hospital and the affected part of the road was blocked for traffic.

Roadside bomb injures 3 in Peshawar

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PESHAWAR: A remote-controlled bomb blast left three people injured near Adezai Intersection in the outskirts of Peshawar on Monday.

The injured included a police constable, a passerby and prayer leader. They were shifted to Lady Reading Hospital.

According to reports, an armored police vehicle was the target of the blast.

Meanwhile, police and volunteers of a local peace lashkar surrounded the area and started investigations.

A local pro-government militia foiled a terrorist attack last night. However, a rocket attack killed two women.

In addition, a roadside bomb hit a police post in Karak district of Khyber Pakhtunkwa, However, no loss of life was reported. Trend Pk

Bomb strikes police van in Quetta; 2 dead

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QUETTA: A roadside bomb struck a police mobile in Quetta on Wednesday, killing two people and injuring eight others, including two children and police men.

According to initial reports, the bomb was detonated with a time device when two police mobiles were passing from Saryab Road near Balochistan University.

Police confirmed the death toll.

One of the two deceased was driver of the attacked vehicle.

The injured were shifted to Civil Hospital, where emergency was declared.

Police and paramilitary frontier constabulary troops cordoned off the area and launched probe into the blast.

In a message, Balochistan’s Chief Minister condemned the attack and directed authorities to arrest the miscreants. SAMAA

Roadside bomb kills six troops in Hangu

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HANGU: A roadside bomb blast killed a lieutenant colonel and five soldiers in Hangu district on Friday.

Three more Frontier Corps paramilitary troops were injured in the bombing which took place near Yakh Kandao village in Hangu.

According to FC sources, the paramilitary troops were on patrol when they were hit by a remote-controlled bomb.

The injured were shifted to Combined Military Hospital (CMH), Kohat.

Following the attack, troops surrounded the area and started to hunt for suspected militants holed up in the mountainous region. SAMAA

Orakzai Agency: 6 FC men killed in bomb blast

As many as six Frontier Corps personnel have been killed in a roadside bomb blast in Orakzai Agency on Friday, security officials said.
The two officials said the blast hit the FC’s vehicle in the Yakh Kandao area of Orakzai.
Forces have launched a search operation in the area.Orakzai has been the focus of a Pakistani military offensive against the Taliban.

Bomb kills Afghan governor, 15 others

KUNDUZ: A bomb attack inside a mosque killed the governor of Afghanistan’s northern Kunduz province and 15 others as they attended Friday prayers, the local police chief said.

The rare assassination of a top official is the latest in a string of bloody incidents in the once quite peaceful north, where the insurgency has been strengthening its hold.

Governor Mohammed Omar had narrowly escaped two previous attempts on his life, one a roadside bomb just two months ago that destroyed a police escort vehicle in his convoy, and the other an ambush last year.

Omar died in neighbouring Takhar province, where he was originally from and kept a home. The mullah of the mosque also died in the blast and at least 20 people were wounded.

“The situation is chaos, we do not know whether it was a suicide attack or whether the bomb was already planted in the mosque,”

Nine Iraqi soldiers killed in roadside bomb blast

MOSUL: Nine Iraqi soldiers were killed on Wednesday and six people wounded, including five soldiers, when a roadside bomb destroyed a bus west of the volatile northern city of Mosul, police and army sources said.

The soldiers were off-duty and on their way to spend leisure time at their homes, said a police source in Mosul, considered al Qaeda in Iraq’s last urban stronghold, and an army source in the joint coordination office of Nineveh province.

Insurgents have launched steady attacks on Iraqi police and troops in recent weeks, while the U.S. military formally ended combat operations in August, 7-1/2 years after the invasion to oust Saddam Hussein. AGENCIES

Ahle Sunnat Wal Jama’at spokesman Gunned Down in Karachi

Karachi: Unknown persons have gunned down spokesman of Ahle Sunnat Wal Jama’at Maulana Ahasanullah Farooqui in Guru Mandir area of Karachi. Farooquis companion was also injured in the firing.

According to onlookers, Ahasanullah Farooqui and his companion Naeem were standing on a motorcycle puncture shop when unknown persons opened fire on them, killing Maulana on the spot and injuring his companion. The dead body was shifted to Civil Hospital. Unknown persons washed the firing site instantly.

Bombs targeting Iraqi police kill 3 in Baghdad

BAGHDAD: A car bomb and a roadside bomb exploded near a bus terminal in the Iraqi capital on Wednesday, killing three people and wounding a score of others, police and Interior Ministry sources said.

The car bomb exploded near a garage at the terminal in the Bayaa district of southwestern Baghdad, followed by the detonation of a roadside bomb after people gathered at the scene, the sources said.

The bombs appeared to target a police patrol, the sources said, and Iraqi police and soldiers were among the dead and wounded.

The Interior Ministry source put the toll at three killed and 20 wounded. The police source said the blasts killed three and wounded 23. AGENCIES

Two killed, including police, in Baghdad blast

BAGHDAD: Two people were killed, including a traffic policeman, in a roadside bomb at a police station in western Baghdad on Monday, an interior ministry official said.

Ten others including seven traffic policemen were wounded in the attack which occurred in the morning at the traffic police”s Ghazaliyah bureau, the official added.

The attack was the latest in a string of shootings and explosions that have targeted traffic officers in the capital, worsening already severe gridlock during rush-hour.

Traffic policemen, who typically do not wear bullet-proof vests or carry any weapons but a pistol, have begun wielding Kalashnikov assault rifles in recent days in response to the apparently increased threat.

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