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NEWS ABOUT: North West Frontier Province

North West Frontier Province stories: 22 news summaries

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 Bomb Kills 80 as 
 Clinton Arrives 
 in Pakistan 

More than 100 injured in attack on family market in Peshawar

Oct 28, 09 7:55 AM CDT
(Newser) - At least 80 people were killed today when a bomb ripped through a busy market in Peshawar, hours after Secretary of State Hillary Clinton arrived in the country to show American support for its campaign against Islamist militants. Clinton, on her first official visit to the country as secretary of... More »

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Hillary Clinton • Taliban • Pakistan • Peshawar • bombing • Waziristan • Islamist extremists • North West Frontier Province

 In Pakistan 
 Battle Zone, 
 Few Back Army 

Hatred of Taliban doesn't translate into support for government

Oct 28, 09 3:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - Pakistan is stepping up its US-supported offensive against the Taliban in the country's lawless northwest, but military victories may be fleeting in the face of a greater challenge: winning the support of local people. In the border region near Afghanistan, the Washington Post finds that refugees fear reprisals by the... More »

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Taliban • Pakistan • Islamic extremism • Pakistan army • South Waziristan • North West Frontier Province

 New Pakistan Blast Kills 11 

Peshawar explosion rocks beleaguered nation

Oct 16, 09 4:52 AM CDT
(Newser) - The string of deadly bombings in Pakistan continued today as 11 people died in a blast at a police station in Peshawar, the capital of the dangerous North West Frontier Province near the Afghan border. Two of the victims were children. The Taliban are being blamed for two weeks of... More »

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Taliban • terrorism • Pakistan • Peshawar • bombing • North West Frontier Province

(Newser) - Pakistani officials have confirmed the death of Baitullah Mehsud, the Pakistani Taliban leader, in an American drone strike early Wednesday. While there is still no concrete evidence of his death, the country's foreign minister said today that "he has been taken out." One security official told the New ... More »

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Taliban • terrorism • Pakistan • terrorist • drones • Pakistan militants • Baitullah Mehsud • North West Frontier Province

investigation

Fraud Colleges Admit Terror Suspects to UK

Alleged al-Qaeda members enrolled in ring of fake schools

May 21, 09 8:47 AM CDT
(Newser) - Thousands of young Pakistanis have entered Britain by applying for visas to study at sham colleges that issue fake diplomas and attendance records, the Times of London reports. Ten of the 12 men arrested last month when police busted an alleged al-Qaeda plot were enrolled at a bogus college; other... More »

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Afghanistan • Pakistan • United Kingdom • student • colleges and universities • North West Frontier Province • Home Office

 Taliban Chief Claims 
 Lahore Attack, Vows to Hit US  

Mehsud vows he will attack again in Pakistan and US

Mar 31, 09 6:26 AM CDT
(Newser) - The head of the Pakistani Taliban and the man accused of masterminding the assassination of Benazir Bhutto has claimed responsibility for yesterday's commando assault on the Lahore police academy and has threatened more attacks, the Times of London reports. Baitullah Mehsud personally called Western news agencies to take credit for... More »

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Taliban • terrorism • Pakistan • Benazir Bhutto • terrorist • Lahore • Baitullah Mehsud • Islamic terrorism • North West Frontier Province

US Secretly Training Pakistani Commandos

Forces help troops to fight Taliban, al-Qaeda

Feb 23, 09 5:07 AM CST
(Newser) - Dozens of American military advisers and technical specialists are secretly working in Pakistan to train armed forces to battle the Taliban and al-Qaeda, reports the New York Times. The Special Forces soldiers are providing intelligence and advising the Pakistani military on combat tactics, although they are not conducting combat operations.... More »

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CIA • Pakistan • US military • counter insurgency • Pakistan army • North West Frontier Province • Special Forces

 Suicide Bomber Kills 
 30 at Pakistan Funeral 

Curfew imposed, army summoned as death toll mounts

Feb 20, 09 6:39 AM CST
(Newser) - At least 30 people died and 50 more were injured after a suicide bomber blew himself up during a funeral in Pakistan's volatile northwest, reports the New York Times. The bomber targeted the funeral of a Shia Muslim who was shot only yesterday, and eyewitnesses described seeing limbs scattered across... More »

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Pakistan • Sunni • suicide bomber • suicide bombing • Shia • North West Frontier Province

UPDATED

 US Drone Kills 31 
 in Pakistan Strike 

Attack is first in region bordering Waziristan

Feb 16, 09 5:44 AM CST
(Newser) - A US drone plane fired missiles at a building reportedly housing militants in northwest Pakistan, killing at least 31 people, reports the New York Times—the second time in three days such a strike has claimed upward of 30 lives. "Afghan Taliban were holding an important meeting there when... More »

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Taliban • Pakistan • drones • North West Frontier Province • missile strike

Pakistani Taliban Vow
to Blow Up Girls' Schools

Extremists also ban polio vaccines; order women to cover up

Dec 26, 08 4:30 AM CST
(Newser) - Taliban militants in Pakistan's Swat region have threatened to blow up schools and kill schoolgirls if female education isn't halted by next month, reports the Times of London. The extremists have already destroyed 125 schools for girls in the region this year. Women have been warned not to set foot... More »

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Taliban • Pakistan • school • Islamic extremists • Islamic extremism • Swat • North West Frontier Province

 Pakistan Suicide Bomber Kills 7 

Blast in northwest kills civilians, police officers

Nov 28, 08 8:16 AM CST
(AP) - A suicide car bomber killed seven people in Pakistan's restless Northwest Frontier Province, the AP reports. The chief of police in the town of Bammu said the attacker rammed an explosives-laden vehicle into a police car patrolling the town's streets today. Four police officers and three civilians died in the... More »

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Pakistan • suicide bombing • North West Frontier Province

Resilient Taliban Drives Pakistan to Brutal Tactics

200,000 displaced in tribal regions as state battles militants

Nov 11, 08 8:17 AM CST
(Newser) - In the lawless Northwest Frontier Province, the Pakistani army has been fighting the Taliban for 3 months for control of just a sliver of land. State forces had expected the battle to be a cursory victory, but the Taliban is stronger and more deeply entrenched—literally, in a network of... More »

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Taliban • Pakistan • Islamic militants • counter insurgency • Pakistan army • North West Frontier Province

In Pakistan, US Moves From Ground to Air

CIA turns to airstrikes after land operations draw protest

Oct 27, 08 7:07 AM CDT
(Newser) - The US has recalibrated its antiterror campaign in Pakistan, backing off ground raids via the Afghan border and intensifying its CIA-led airstrikes against militants. The Pakistani government had lodged bitter complaints about the ground operations, the New York Times reports, which were seen as a violation of the country's sovereignty.... More »

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CIA • Pakistan • Predator • airstrike • al-Qaeda • North West Frontier Province

 Red Cross: 
 Pakistan Now a War Zone 

Tribal areas become war zone as government steps up assault on militants

Oct 3, 08 6:12 AM CDT
(Newser) - Pakistan's escalating confrontation with the Taliban has plunged the country into full-scale war, the New York Times reports. A quarter of a million people have fled the fighting as the Pakistani army attacks the militants in tribal areas on at least three fronts, and 20,000 have flooded in desperation... More »

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Taliban • Pakistan • refugee • Pakistan militants • tribal areas • al-Qaeda • Swat Valley • North West Frontier Province

Pakistan Army Fires on US Troops Trying to Cross Border

Tensions high as shots rebuff helicopters

Sep 15, 08 9:13 AM CDT
(Newser) - Pakistani soldiers fired shots into the air to prevent American troops from crossing the border from Afghanistan into Pakistan, according to officials in the region. The BBC reports that 9 US helicopters landed at around midnight on the Afghan side of the border, and troops then tried to enter into... More »

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Afghanistan • Taliban • Pakistan • Pakistan army • South Waziristan • North West Frontier Province

After 7 Years, New Tactics to Find bin Laden

Shift to targeting other al-Qaeda leaders in hopes of picking up trail

Sep 10, 08 7:57 AM CDT
(Newser) - Seven years after the attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, the US has no bead on Osama bin Laden, believed to be hiding out in Pakistan's lawless northwest. Frustrated by the lack of progress, American and Pakistani officials have shifted their strategy to target other top al-Qaeda... More »

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Pakistan • US military • Osama bin Laden • Afghan border • Predator • North West Frontier Province • spy drones • 9/11 attacks

 Pakistan Hospital Bomb Kills 23

Shia mourners killed in volatile northwest province

Aug 19, 08 7:20 AM CDT
(Newser) - Twenty-three people died today and another 20 were wounded in a suspected suicide bomb attack in a Pakistani hospital. The blast took place in the North West Frontier Province, the highly volatile region bordering Afghanistan. The explosion took place as Shia Muslims were mourning the death of a leader, who... More »

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Pakistan • sectarian violence • suicide bomber • suicide bombing • Shia • hospital • North West Frontier Province • Shiite militants

ANALYSIS

Musharraf's Exit Leaves Alarming Power Vacuum

Washington frets as nuclear nation
steps into unknown

Aug 19, 08 4:46 AM CDT
(Newser) - Pervez Musharraf was once Washington's most important ally in the Muslim world, but the general-turned-civilian president of Pakistan had become an increasingly unreliable partner in the combat against Taliban and al-Qaeda insurgents, writes the New York Times. Now that Musharraf has resigned, the US will have to work with Pakistan's... More »

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Taliban • terrorism • Pakistan • Pervez Musharraf • nuclear facilities • al-Qaeda • US-Pakistan relations • North West Frontier Province

Taliban Use Marble Business to Fund Fighting

Takeover of Pakistani quarry shows group's growing power

Jul 14, 08 8:55 AM CDT
(Newser) - One of Pakistan's most prized national assets is a marble quarry that sat shuttered by government deadlock and tribal squabbles until the Taliban took over the site by force. Now, as gleaming white stone rolls out of the quarry, the New York Times sneaks into the region to discover how... More »

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Taliban • Pakistan • Afghan border • North West Frontier Province • marble

Islamic Militants Now Migrating to
Pakistan to Fight

Lawless northwest becomes haven for region's extremists

Jul 10, 08 5:34 AM CDT
(Newser) - Pakistan, rather than Iraq, has become the preferred destination for foreign fighters looking to join Islamic militant organizations, reports the New York Times. Websites are increasingly encouraging migrating Sunni extremists to go to Pakistan and Afghanistan, where they can join a "winning fight," rather than participate in the... More »

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Pakistan • Islamic militants • Sunni extremism • foreign fighters • Afghan border • North West Frontier Province

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