Five killed in Peshawar attacks

The Daily News, Pakistan

Thursday, May 13, 2010

PESHAWAR/LANDIKOTAL:

At least five people, including two young girls, were killed in two separate attacks in Peshawar on Wednesday, police said.

The first incident took place in a house in Ram Kishan village in Khazana area, when unidentified terrorists hurled a hand grenade at the house of Raees Khan.

Two young girls playing in the house were killed as a result. Khazana police station official Hameedullah told Daily Times that the girls were identified as Samia, 10, daughter of Raees, and her cousin Kalsoom, 12.

Raees’ other two daughters, Nayab and Iqra, were also injured in the attack. The second bomb attack took place at a roadside near Shamshatu, an Afghan refugees’ camp in Peshawar’s outskirts. Three seminary students were killed and three others were injured in the attack, police said. SP Khalam Khan said the bomb was detonated by a remote.

Meanwhile in Khyber Agency, an improvised explosives device went off at a roadside in agency’s Landikotal tehsil. The IED went off on the Pak-Afghan highway, however, no casualties were reported.

Soon after the blast, security forces cordoned off the area and barred traffic from plying on the highway in order to secure the bomb site.

A security official said it was so far unclear at whom the IED had been targeted.

Taliban kill two alleged US spies in Waziristan

The Daily News, Pakistan

Thursday, May 13, 2010

PESHAWAR:

The Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) fighters shot dead two men in North Waziristan on Wednesday whom they accused of spying for the United States, officials and residents said. The slain men were from Miranshah. The bodies were dumped in an open area in the town.

Local resident Ahsanullah said notes attached to the bodies warned others to learn from the fate of the so-called American spies. Two intelligence officials confirmed the deaths and the content of the notes. The officials spoke on condition of anonymity, as they were not allowed to release information to the media. The TTP has killed dozens of people in recent years in similar fashion. ap

One killed in NATO tanker blast in Chaman

The Daily News, Pakistan

Thursday, May 13, 2010

CHAMAN:

A teenager was killed while two others were injured in Chaman on Wednesday when a bomb exploded in a tanker carrying fuel for NATO troops in Afghanistan.

The device went off as the NATO supply convoy arrived at the Chaman Zero point. Three passer-by, including two teenagers, received serious burns and 13-year-old Nuruddin died on the spot. Police and the Bomb Disposal Squad (BDS) immediately reached the scene and rushed the injured to a nearby hospital.

The law enforcement agencies cordoned off the area to collect evidence. One of the injured was identified as 12-year-old Abdul Jabbar, a resident of Chaman town.
staff report /app