Suicide bomber kills 15 in Kohat

KOHAT:- At least 15 people were killed and scores of others wounded on Wednesday after a suicide bomber ripped through a crowded bus stand in Kohat.

The blast took place at the main bus stand in Kohat’s Tirah Bazaar area.

The dead and injured were shifted to local hospitals where an emergency was declared.

Hospital sources confirmed the demise of 15 people in the attack.

Security forces and Kohat police cordoned off Tirah Bazaar after the attack. Trend Pk

40 militants perish in Khyber blitz

PESHAWAR: At least 40 suspected extremists have been killed in bombardments by security forces carried out in Tirah Valley of Khyber District on late Tuesday, Geo News reported.

Meanwhile, eyewitnesses said killed also included women and children after falling victim to bombardment.

According to ISPR sources, security forces launched attacks on terrorists’ various hideouts established in Nari Baba, Nakai, Takhta-e-Kai and Qilla areas of Khyber Agency.

Security forces pounded militants’ sanctuaries; training centers, FM radio station and vehicles meant for carrying out suicide attacks in Tirah Valley, resulting in perishing nearly 40 extremists, sources told media.

Also, forces claimed that militants were planning suicide attacks in different parts of Peshawar and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa areas on massive scale before Eid-ul-Fitr.

FC sources said security forces are in operation against extremists in Tirah Valley following secrete intelligence regarding their presence in huge numbers.

Militants were abusing women and children being ‘Human Shield’ in Tirah Valley who were targeted amid forces’ operation conducted on Tuesday, FC sources claimed.

Meanwhile, two local men, sustained injuries during blitz, have been shifted to Hayatabad Medical Complex who had fallen victim to bombing on way back to home after praying for souls of deceased siblings at a graveyard, relatives told media persons.

Killed also included children and women, they said further.

Accused policemen of Sialkot tragedy remanded

SIALKOT: Five apprehended policemen, accused in Sialkot’s brother murder case including former DPO Waqar Chauhan, have been sent on judicial remand for 7 days on Wednesday morning, Geo News reported.

Meanwhile, accused DPO Sialkot was not handcuffed while police produced him in an anti-terrorism court through a secret route for sake of judicial remand.

Arrested accused of Sialkot Tragedy were brought to court on a prisoner van as their faces were covered with hands cuffed.

Former DPO Sialkot, Waqar Chauhan was not among other accused police personnel instead, he was taken to court through a secret channel sans cuffed hands to seek judicial remand from an especial anti-terrorism court.

According to details, Deputy Prosecutor Punjab police Rana Bakhtiar and police requested the anti-terrorism court of Justice Rana Nisar Ahmed to remand accused persons in jail as according to them; there was no further need to investigate them.

Consequently, court ruled to send them in judicial remand for seven days.

Talking to media on the occasion, Deputy Prosecutor said: “It was not necessary to produce DPO in court with hands cuffed.”

Tally in Khyber blitz mounts to 55

PESHAWAR: The death toll from security force air strikes on militant hideouts in a northwestern tribal area Wednesday rose to 55, with reports of some civilian deaths, security officials said.

“Militants were using civilians and their families as human shields and there could be some civilian casualties but we do not know how many,” a senior security official told media, confirming the new toll in the Tirah valley.

Two military and an intelligence official also confirmed the incident and the death toll, while local government officials said about a dozen civilians died.

Clinton heads to Pakistan to discuss its crucial Afghan role

WASHINGTON: US Secretary of State Clinton heads to Pakistan in the coming days to bolster support in the fight against the Taliban and outline a political endgame to the war in neighboring Afghanistan.

As she heads to a donors” conference in Kabul set for Tuesday, Clinton was expected to press her counterparts to step up their efforts against the insurgents.

She will also discuss reconciliation efforts between Afghan President Hamid Karzai”s government and “reconcilable” elements of the Taliban.

But Washington considers Islamabad”s role in the effort “ambiguous and opaque” at this point, according to the US envoy to Afghanistan and Pakistan, Richard Holbrooke.

Pakistan may be a crucial US ally against extremists in the region, but it also harbors a major contingent of Taliban fighters and their Al-Qaeda allies, who are killing more international forces in Afghanistan than ever before in the nine-year war.

The United States has also repeatedly questioned Pakistan”s willingness to stop the insurgents and move away from its historical role of focusing precious military resources to fighting its nuclear-armed neighbor and arch-foe, India.

Relations between Kabul and Islamabad have been marked by distrust, but there have been growing signs of rapprochement, and Karzai in March welcomed an offer from Pakistan to help with peace efforts.

5 killed, 15 hurt in Khyber Agency blast

KOHAT: Five people killed and 15 others injured in a blast in Tirah valley in Khyber Agency on Friday.

According to sources, the blast occurred in Friday market during rush hours. Initial reports stated that five people have been killed and 15 others sustained injuries in the explosion. Locals started rescue activities and rushed injured to hospitals. The nature of the blast is yet to be cleared.

Mass grave of communist soldiers found in Vietnam

HANOI: An official says a mass grave has been found containing the remains of 11 communist soldiers killed during the Vietnam War.

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10 killed in Khyber Agency blast

LANDI KOTAL: The death toll in blast in Juma Bazaar at Tirah Valley in Khyber tribal region has reached to 10.

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25 killed in militant groups fighting in Khyber

LANDI KOTAL: At least 25 militants were killed in a clash between two groups in Tirah area of tehsil Landi Kotal in Khyber tribal region, while eight others were injured.

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8 killed as Blast Struck a House in Baldia Town, Karachi

Karachi, Pakistan News: At least eight persons were killed, while several others injured as a blast took place in a house adjacent to a mosque at Baldia Town, Karachi.
Police expressed the likelihood that the terrorists might have been planning for a terrorist activity when the explosives detonated, killing eight people on the spot. Police seized two motorcycles, two suicide vests, four hand grenades, three Klashnikovs, a huge cache of arms and explosive material from the house which was reportedly on rent. The law enforcement agencies threw cordon around the area and Bomb Disposal Squad kicked off its work. The rescue teams reached the site and started shifting the injured to hospitals. Police also nabbed three suspects aged between 20 to 25 years from the site, who did not seem locals, and shifted them to Baldia Town Police Station for grilling. Terror gripped the whole area, while the rescue teams are busy in removing debris to retrieve the bodies. Meanwhile, MQM leader Farooq Sattar,  said that the initial investigation has revealed that the said house was a terrorists’ hideout. He expressed the need to introduce the community policing system to exchange information and keep a vigilant eye on suspects, adding that complete information should be taken before renting out the houses.

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