Pakistan
Deadly blast in Pakistan market
At least 30 people have been killed in an explosion outside a small hotel in a market in northwest Pakistan, police officials say. Another 15 people were injured in the attack in the town of Kohat, about 60km from Peshawar, the main city in North West Frontier Province, on Friday. “A suicide bomber blew up a... »
Pakistan city centre ‘destroyed’
The scale of the war damage to the main city in the Swat valley has become clear, as fears are expressed about the humanitarian situation in the region. Taliban rebels were driven out of Mingora on Saturday by Pakistan government troops. The defence secretary says operations in the whole Swat valley region should end in the... »
Taliban Recruits Teens
Peshawar – After the army began an operation to clear Taliban from the valley in May, fighters went from house to house demanding a boy or young man from each family, with recruits encouraged to volunteer for martyrdom missions. Last week 24 people died and more than 300 were... »