2 killed, 17 injured as bomb hits market in NW Pakistan

ISLAMABAD, May 8 (Xinhua) -- At least two people were killed and 17 others injured when a bomb went off at a market place in Pakistan's northwest city of Hangu on Wednesday afternoon, local media reported.
Capital TV said that the bomb was detonated by a remote controlled device when residents were shopping in Jani Chowk market area of Hangu, a city that lies some 200 kilometers southwest of the country's capital Islamabad.

Police said that the bomb carrying an estimated 10 kg of explosive materials was affixed at a vegetable cart parked inside the market.

The injured people were rushed to a nearby hospital where doctors are providing medical treatment to them.

The blast left two shops and several vehicles destroyed.

No group claimed responsibility for the attack yet.

In separate incident of Wednesday evening, two people were killed when a bomb hit house of a local political party worker in the country's northwest Bajaur tribal area.

from XINHUA
2013-05-08 21:52:54

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Female suicide bomber kill four at hospital in Bajaur

According to Pakistani security officials, a woman suicide bomber today detonated a bomb outside a hospital in a lawless tribal area of northwest Pakistan, killing at least four people and injuring five others.

The attack took place in Khar, the main town of Bajaur tribal district bordering Afghanistan where the military has carried out several offensives against Al-Qaeda-linked Taliban militants.

Mohammad Riaz, chief doctor at the government hospital said, “At least four people were killed and four others were wounded in the blast outside the main gate of the hospital.”

In the meantime local administration official Abdul Haseebhe said, “It was a female suicide bomber, about 18-20 years old. We have found her legs and head.”

The dead included a security personnel, a hospital worker and two civilians, he added.

Bajaur, one of seven districts that make up Pakistan’s Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA), had been a stronghold of the Taliban until 2008. However, the security forces cleared the region of Taliban militants as the result of major offensives.

from KHAAMA
By Meena Haseeb - 20 Apr 2013, 4:02 pm

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Taliban release video of severed heads of Pakistani soldiers

Pakistani Taliban released a video showing what appeared to be the severed heads of a dozen soldiers on Friday as security officials said 15 troops were missing following fighting with militants.

Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan Spokesman Sirajud Din sent AFP a video showing a militant commander posing with 12 heads arranged on the ground.

“Praise be to God that the mujahideen in Bajaur agency have managed to kill the infidel soldiers of Pakistan,” he says.

“Many of them were killed by bullets, 12 of them as you see have been beheaded, you see 12 heads here, and more heads are on the way.”

The sickening image shows armed Taliban militants standing over decapitated heads which they claim belong to soldiers they killed in clashes on the Pakistan border.

The Pakistan Army says Sirajuddin is operating from Pakistan and speaks for Mullah Fazlullah, the former commander of the Taliban in Swat Valley who is now believed to be based in a border region of Afghanistan.

The Taliban’s claim came hours after the Pakistan Army acknowledged that 15 of its soldiers went missing three days ago after clashes with the Taliban in Batwar area of Bajaur Agency, which borders Afghanistan.

The clashes on Tuesday came as part of a Pakistan army operation to repel Taliban militants who had crossed over from Kunar province in Afghanistan last Friday and occupied the village of Batwar in the Bajaur tribal district.

from KHAAMA
By Sajad - Sat Sep 01, 1:36 pm

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10 people killed in Bajaur Blast, TTP deny involvement in the blast

Map showing the districts of the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) FATA and the North-West Frontier Province (NWFP) of Pakistan. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Peshawar :  At least 10 people were killed and 23 injured when a car bomb exploded in the Pashat market of Salarzai area in Bajaur Agency on Thursday.

The injured were rushed to Agency Head Quarter Hosptial  Khar  for treatment. Hospital sources said condition of four of the injured is serious and they have been shifted to Peshawar for further treatment.

The Political administration said the blast occurred in Market at Pashat Bazar at the time when huge numbers of people were busy in shopping. The market is said to be owned by Shahabuddin  Khan, a former ANP leader who later joined PML-N. The market is situated in  Salarzai area of Bajaur.

An eyewitness said that the blast was so powerful which destroyed  five of the shops in the market. Following the blast the local people started rescue work and shifted the injured to Agency Head Quarter Hospital Khar.

The injured were identified as Lais Khan , Nizamuddin, Asfandiar,  Waheedullah, Reshma and Hina. Political Agent Bajaur Abdul Jabbar reached Khar Hospital and directed the hospital administration to provide every possible medical help to the injured. He also distributed Rs 10 thousands in injured and announced Rs 20 for each of the injured.

Medical Superintendent of Agency Headquarters Hospital in Khar Mohammad Riaz told PPI that  around 30 people had been brought to the hospital which included 8 dead bodies. He said killed included two children.

The official said that there was a possibility that the number of casualties might rise.  They are all civilians and there is no security officer there.

No group has claimed responsibility for the blast. TTP spokesman Ihsanullah Ihsan said that TTP had no link with the blast as Taliban never support killing civilians through blasts at public places.

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7 people killed in blast in NW Pakistan

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ISLAMABAD, July 26 (Xinhua) -- At least eight people including two children were killed and 20 others got injured on Thursday in a bomb blast in Pakistan's northwestern tribal region of Bajaur, local media reported.

According to local media, the blast took place in the main market of the Salarzai area of Bajaur Agency, Pakistan's northwestern restive region bordering Afghanistan.

In the blast, one person was killed on the spot while over two dozen others were injured who were quickly shifted to the Pusht Headquarters Hospital where seven of them succumbed to their injuries.

People were busy with shopping when the blast hit the market with a big bang.

The nature of the blast and its intensity were unknown yet but officials speculated that it was either an improvised explosive device (IED) or a remote-controlled blast.

At least six shops and a couple of vehicles were also destroyed due to the impact of the blast.

Soon after the blast security forces cordoned off the area and started a search operation in the nearby areas to arrest the suspects.

No militant group or organization had claimed responsibility for the blast yet.

from XINHUA
2012-07-26 13:51:46

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17 killed, 40 injured in suicide attack in NW Pakistan

Seven agencies of Federally Administered Tribal Areas along with Six frontier regions of F.A.T.A. in Pakistan. 1. Bajaur, 2. Khyber, 3. Kurram, 4. Mohmand, 5. North Waziristan, 6. Orakzai, 7. South Waziristan. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

ISLAMABAD, May 4 (Xinhua) -- At least 17 people were killed and over 40 others injured when a suicide blast ripped through a crowded bazaar in Pakistan's northwest tribal area of Bajaur Agency on Friday morning, according to official sources.

An official with the political administration of Bajaur Agency, who asked not to be named, said that 17 people were killed and over 40 others injured in the blast and some of the injured were in critical condition.

Some local media said that around 30 people were killed in the blast, but this is not officially confirmed.

The killed include eight security personnel and nine civilians, said local Urdu TV channel DAWN.

The slightly injured have received medical treatment at the local hospitals while the seriously wounded have been rushed to the hospitals in the neighboring city of Peshawar, the largest city in northwest Pakistan, local officials said.

Both Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari and Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani condemned the attack. The prime minister has instructed the hospital administrations to provide the best medical treatment to the injured.

The blast took place at about 8:10 a.m. local time when a suicide bomber, reportedly aged about 14, detonated his suicide jacket while security personnel patrolling at a market in Khar, a major town in Bajaur Agency, stopped him on suspicion and were about to frisk him.

At least five vehicles and four shops were destroyed in the blast, said local media.

The blast caused huge panic in the market area and all the shops and schools in the nearby areas have been closed following the blast.

A curfew was imposed in the area after the attack.

No group has claimed the responsibility for the attack yet.

Friday's suicide blast was the 15th of its kind in Pakistan since this year. Up to date, at least 130 people have reportedly been killed in these attacks.

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Bomb kills five anti-Taliban fighters in Bajaur

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KHAR: A bomb killed at least five people and wounded three others on Wednesday in Pakistan’s northwest tribal badlands bordering Afghanistan, officials said.

The deaths occurred in Gatcheena village, 30 kilometres northwest of Khar, the main town of lawless Bajaur district, after a bomb planted at a village meeting place was detonated remotely.

“At least five people were killed after a bomb exploded at an elders meeting,” local government official Tariq Khan told AFP.

“Three others were wounded in the blast and there were about a dozen people present,” Khan said, adding that the people might have been targeted because they supported government efforts against Taliban-linked militancy.

Another government official and an intelligence official confirmed the bombing and casualties, but the precise identities of the dead were unclear.

Bajaur was the scene of major anti-Taliban offensives in August 2008 and in February 2009, and the military has repeatedly declared the district secure.

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Pakistan Taliban free 17 kidnapped youths from Bajaur

The Taliban have freed 17 young men from north-west Pakistan who they seized four months ago, officials say.

About 30 youths were abducted in early September after they inadvertently strayed across the Afghan border.
Several managed to escape over the past few months. At least eight more are still being held by the militants, an official in Bajaur tribal area said.
The Taliban said they kidnapped members of the Mamund tribe because it supported the Pakistani government.
Over the past few years, influential members of the Mamund tribe have sided with the Pakistani military and raised private militias to fight the Taliban. The Pakistani government says the co-operation has helped clear the area of Taliban influence.
The youths, reportedly ranging in age from 10 to about 30 years old, were at a picnic to celebrate the Muslim festival of Eid and had mistakenly crossed the border from Bajaur to take a bath in a spring, when the militants seized them.

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