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Taliban Claim Responsibility for Pakistan Blasts

washingtonpost.com     2 hrs ago   62 related          

WAH CANTONMENT, Pakistan, Aug 21 -- Around 60 people were killed and 100 injured in a well-coordinated suicide bomb attack on a high-level army munitions factory on Thursday, the latest in a series of militant attacks against...                    

Four politicians shot dead in Pakistan

karachinews.net     5 hrs ago          

Karachi News.Net Thursday 21st August, 2008 (IANS) Islamabad, Aug 21 (Xinhua) Unidentified gunmen shot dead four politicians in northwest Pakistan, the News Network International (NNI) news agency reported Thursday. Mouhammad...                    

Tehreek-e-Taliban accepts responsibility for blasts (Update-Blasts)

karachinews.net     3 hrs ago          

Karachi News.Net Thursday 21st August, 2008 (ANI) Islamabad, Aug.21 : The Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan has claimed responsibility of the twin suicide bomb blasts in the Wah Cantonement area which killed at least 60 people and...                    

Pak troops fire in J and K

newdelhinews.net     8 hrs ago   8 related          

Thursday, August 21, 2008, (Jammu) In yet another ceasefire violation, Pakistani troops today targeted Nowshera sector in Jammu and Kashmir and fired six mortar shells. Pakistani forces resorted to intermitent firing of mortar...                    

Firing across LoC on Indian troops

newdelhinews.net     8 hrs ago   9 related          

New Delhi News.Net Thursday 21st August, 2008 (IANS) Indian troops posted along the Line of Control (LoC) that divides Jammu and Kashmir between India and Pakistan were shelled from across the border Thursday morning, army...                    

Democratic Pakistan poised to fight terrorism more effectively: Haqqani

thenews.com.pk     9 hrs ago   2 related          

WASHINGTON: Pakistan under the democratically leadership is poised to fight terrorism more effectively with the support of people, Islamabad’s envoy to Washington, Husain Haqqani said as he listed a host of positives for the...                    

23 killed in Pakistan violence

keralanext.com     11 hrs ago   7 related          

ISLAMABAD: Pakistani troops killed 15 militants in a northwestern tribal region after the government failed to negotiate a ceasefire to end weeks of violence between warring Shi'ites and Sunnis.The military action in Kurram...                    

Hard times in Pakistan's villages

bbc.co.uk     10 hrs ago          

As the oppressive summer heat bears down on the Pakistani village of Jawlaia, life moves at a languid pace. Stone mason Mohammad Sadiq blames the government for high prices Elderly men with flowing robes and turbans carry...                    

Afghan numbers don't add up

atimes.com     1 hr ago   18 related          

From the North Atlantic Treaty Organization to think-tanks, the consensus is that more troops must be sent to Afghanistan to counter the spiraling insurgency. The emergence of warlords on the side of the Taliban, though, has...                    

Business community of NWFP predicts boost in economy after Musharraf

thenews.com.pk     9 hrs ago          

PESHAWAR: Leading figures of the provincial business community here on Wednesday expressed the hope that the country would attain economic stability after Musharraf’s ouster, if the coalition government remained united and...                    

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