Sunday, June 14, 2009

3 killed in NW Pakistan blasts

3 killed in NW Pakistan blasts


A blast victim arrives to the Lady Reading hospital in Peshawar, shortly after an attack at a police check post on June 11, 2009. (Xinhua/Reuters Photo)


ISLAMABAD, June 11 (Xinhua) -- At least three people including a policeman were killed Thursday night in two blasts near a police check post in the northwestern Pakistani city of Peshawar, according to local TV reports.



U.N. vows to stay in NW Pakistan despite deadly attack

Thu Jun 11, 2009

By Nita Bhalla

NEW DELHI - The United Nations has no plans to suspend or reduce its activities in Pakistan despite Tuesday's bomb attack that killed nine people, including two foreign U.N. staff, in the northern city of Peshawar, U.N. agencies say.



Pakistan faces a growing insurgency


Thursday 11 June 2009

The Peshawar blast that hit humanitarian aid workers proves how the Taliban's reach is extending beyond the Swat valley



Bombing Challenges Aid to Pakistan Refugees

By SABRINA TAVERNISE and SALMAN MASOOD
June 10, 2009

Adrees Latif/Reuters
Rescue workers carried the body of a man found in the wreckage of the Pearl Continental Hotel in Peshawar on Wednesday, the morning after a truck bombing killed at least 16 people.

PESHAWAR, Pakistan — One casualty of the bombing that killed as many as 18 people at a luxury hotel here Tuesday night may be the effort to aid Pakistan’s surging population of refugees, who have been displaced by the military campaign against the Taliban.



Pakistan's Peshawar transformed by Taliban threat

By Sajjad Tarakzai

PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AFP) — A deadly hotel bomb in Pakistan's Peshawar underscores its shift from safe metropolis to besieged city where shop keepers are afraid to stock Western films and few foreigners dare to visit.



Pearl Continental hotel bombing

The Pearl Continental hotel bombing occurred on 9 June 2009 in Peshawar, Pakistan, in which at least 11 people have been killed and at least 46 people injured. The blast occurred at the five-star Pearl Continental hotel in the city. The force of the explosion caused the hotel to partially collapse. The United States had planned to purchase this hotel to convert it to a consulate.



Video: Hotel bomb blast shakes Peshawar - 10 Jun 09


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