Archive for the ‘Suicide Bombing’ Category

Taliban

Wednesday, July 29th, 2009



The Taliban (Pashto: طالبان ṭālibān, meaning "students"), also Taleban, is a Sunni Islamist, predominantly Pashtun fundamentalist religious and political movement that governed Afghanistan from 1996 until 2001, when its leaders were removed from power by Northern Alliance and NATO forces. It has regrouped and since 2004 revived as a strong ...

Suicide bomb in northwest Pakistan kills 25

Sunday, September 7th, 2008



Updated Sunday, September 07, 2008 ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (CNN) -- A suicide car bomb targeting a security checkpoint in northwest Pakistan killed at least 25 people, including 10 police officers, and wounded 50 others, a Peshawar police spokesman said Saturday. Most of the wounded are civilians, police said. Hospital officials reported many victims ...