Pakistan Attack

NATO: Mistakes Led To Attack That Killed 24 Pakistani Troops

AP | SLOBODAN LEKIC and PATRICK QUINN | Posted 02.21.2012

KABUL, Afghanistan — An investigation into a NATO attack that killed 24 Pakistani troops last month near the Afghan border has concluded that a ...

4th Suspected U.S. Drone Strike In Pakistan In 24 Hours Kills 5

AP | ISHTIAQ MAHSUD | Posted 05.25.2011

DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan — A suspected American missile strike killed five alleged militants in northwestern Pakistan early Thursday, an intel...

Islamabad University Attacked, 4 Killed, As Army Presses Ahead With South Waziristan Offensive

AP | CHRIS BRUMMITT | Posted 05.25.2011

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — Suicide bombers attacked an Islamic university popular with foreigners in Pakistan's capital Tuesday, killing four student...

Pakistan Bomb Attack At NATO Border Crossing Kills At Least 19

AP | RIAZ KHAN | Posted 05.25.2011

PESHAWAR, Pakistan — A suicide bomber attacked the main border crossing for convoys ferrying supplies to U.S. and NATO troops in Afghanistan on ...

Pakistan Attacks In 2008, 2009

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

A look at some recent major attacks in Pakistan or blamed on Pakistan-based militants: _ June 9, 2009: A huge bomb explodes at a luxury hotel in Pesh...

PC Hotel Blast: Pakistani Officials Say Attack Is Revenge For Anti-Taliban Offensive

DAWN.COM | Posted 05.25.2011

PESHAWAR: At least seven people were killed and 34 others wounded in a huge bomb blast at the five-star Pearl Continental hotel in Peshawar Tuesday, o...

Islamabad Police Base Hit By Suicide Bomber

BBC NEWS | Posted 05.25.2011

A suicide bomber has killed at least five paramilitary police in an attack on a security base in the Pakistan capital, Islamabad, police say....

Lahore: Pakistan Army Overpowers Gunmen Who Attacked Police Academy

AP | BABAR DOGAR and NAHAL TOOSI | Posted 05.25.2011

LAHORE, Pakistan — Black-clad Pakistani commandos overpowered a group of militants who had seized a police academy, took cadets hostage and kill...

Pakistan Identifies Cricket Culprits: Officials

The Independent | Omar Waraich in Lahore | Posted 05.25.2011

Pakistani government officials said they had identified the suspects involved in Tuesday's attack on the Sri Lankan national cricket team and were ste...

Pakistan Security System Has 'Collapsed,' Says Opposition Leader

AP | RIZWAN ALI and NAHAL TOOSI | Posted 05.25.2011

LAHORE, Pakistan — The Sri Lankan cricket team ambush shows the security system has collapsed in Pakistan since the pro-Western government took ...

Cricket Attack: Suspicions Grow That Ambush Was An 'Inside Job'

Huffington Post | Omar Waraich in Lahore | Posted 05.25.2011

Dramatic footage showing the alleged perpetrators of Tuesday's audacious attack on the Sri Lankan cricket team making their getaway was released by a ...

Pakistan Releases Gunmen Sketches As Criticism Mounts

guardian.co.uk | Matthew Weaver and Agencies | Posted 05.25.2011

Pakistani police issued sketches today of four of the gunmen who ambushed Sri Lanka's cricket team on Tuesday as criticism mounted of the police's han...