Northwest Pakistan

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  9-Year-Old Girl Killed, 5 Injured As Cop Opens Fire At Students In Pakistan

  A nine-year-old girl student was killed and five others injured today when a policeman opened fire at the gate of a private school in restive northwest Pakistan, police said.

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  Rains Kill 36 In Northwest Pakistan: Officials

  At least 36 people were killed and 27 injured after heavy rain across northwest Pakistan caused the roofs of dozens of homes to collapse, officials said Sunday.

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  26 Killed In Suicide Bombing At Government Office In Pakistan

  A young Taliban suicide bomber today blew himself up outside a crowded government office in Pakistan's restive northwest, killing at least 26 people and injuring nearly 60 others, in one of the deadliest attacks since the Peshawar school carnage that left over 150 dead.

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  Gurdwara in Pakistan Reopens for Worship After 73 Years

  A Gurdwara in northwest Pakistan was reopened on Saturday for worship after remaining closed for 73 years following a consensus among Sikh community, local residents and administration at a jirga in Peshawar.

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  Air Strikes Kill 40 Militants in Northwest Pakistan: Military

  Air strikes Sunday killed 40 suspected militants in northwest Pakistan near the Afghan border as part of a major operation against the Taliban and other insurgents, the military said.

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  Bomb in Toy Kills Father, 2 Children in Pakistan

  A father and two of his children were killed in northwest Pakistan today after a bomb concealed inside a toy went off inside their home.

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  US Drone Strike Targeting Warlord Kills 6 in Northwest Pakistan

  A US drone strike targeting a Taliban-linked warlord killed at least six militants in Pakistan's restive tribal region near the Afghan border Sunday morning, Pakistani security officials said.

• US Drones Kill Eight Militants in Northwest Pakistan: Officials

  US drones on Wednesday fired missiles at a compound and vehicle and killed at least eight militants in a restive Pakistani tribal area bordering Afghanistan, officials said.

• Militants Kill Four in North West Pakistan

  Militants attacked a check post in northwest Pakistan Monday and shot dead four people including three policemen, police said.

• Hardline Pakistan Taliban Group Claims Police Attack

  A new hardline breakaway faction of the Pakistani Taliban on Tuesday claimed responsibility for a suicide attack on police in Pakistan's restive northwest that killed one official.

• Air Strikes on Taliban Hideouts Kill 15 in Northwest Pakistan: Officials

  Pakistan carried out early morning air strikes in the restive Tirah Valley area of the Khyber tribal district on Tuesday, killing at least 15 people, according to a statement by the military.

• Roadside Bomb Kills Three Soldiers in Northwest Pakistan

  At least three soldiers were killed and another two wounded in a roadside bomb blast in northwest Pakistan on Thursday, officials said.

• Bomb Blast Kills Four in Northwest Pakistan

  At least four people were killed and seven injured when a suicide bomber blew himself up inside a stadium in northwest Pakistan on Sunday, officials said.

• Bomb kills six soldiers in North West Pakistan: officials

  A roadside bomb on Wednesday killed six soldiers in Pakistan's troubled northwest, officials said, the latest violence to hit the country since a ceasefire between the government and Taliban insurgents began.

• Pakistan security forces kill 15 militants

  At least 15 militants have been killed in north western Pakistan's Dir and Orakzai areas, a media report said. Six militants were killed in the mountain region of upper Dir area at the Pakistan-Afghanistan border and another nine died in Orakzai agency after their hideouts were air-bombed by Pakistani security forces on Thursday.