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Pakistani troops kill 30 militants attempting to sneak into country from Afghanistan

Militant violence has surged in Pakistan in recent months, much of it blamed on the Pakistani Taliban which is separate from the Afghan Taliban but closely allied with them.

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Pakistani troops kill 14 militants in raid in northwest region near Afghanistan

Pakistan’s military says its security forces have killed 14 Pakistani Taliban in a raid in the country's northwest

The Independent UK

Pakistani Taliban Deny Involvement In Attack On Foreign Ambassadors

Pakistani Taliban denies involvement in bombing of foreign ambassadors' convoy in Malam Jabba ski resort, raising security concerns.

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Tensions high after Pakistan launches cross-border attacks into Afghanistan

Taliban claims to have fired across border following air raids targeting Pakistani Taliban.

Al Jazeera

Pakistani Taliban claims responsibility for bomb that killed 6 police guarding anti-polio campaign

A roadside bomb has exploded near a van carrying police assigned to protect workers in an anti-polio immunization campaign in restive northwestern Pakistan, killing at least six officers and wounding 10 others

The Independent UK

Pakistan's resurgent militancy is a 'Frankenstein monster' of its own creation, experts say

Experts fear the return of a vicious and bloody cycle of militancy as two terrorist assaults within weeks claim more than 100 lives in a country grappling with economic meltdown.

ABC News

Bus falls off motorway killing 14 passengers and injuring 63 with fears of more deaths

The bus was reportedly carrying wedding guests from Islamabad to Lahore and the motorway police evacuated the people trapped, but fear the death toll could rise with more stuck inside the bus

Daily Mirror

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At least four killed as Pakistani Taliban militants storm police HQ in Karachi

Officials say three attackers also dead as police and paramilitary forces clear building in gun battle

The Guardian - UK

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Islamists stormed a police station in the southern Pakistani city of Karachi on Friday, killing at least two people amid gunfire and explosions, officials said.

Reuters

Bomb kills soldier, wounds 11 people in southwest Pakistan

Pakistani officials say a bombing killed a soldier and wounded 11 others, mostly civilians, in southwestern Pakistan

The Independent UK

Pakistani troops kill 2 militants in raid near Afghan border

Pakistan's military says security forces have killed two insurgents during a raid of a militant hideout in a former Pakistani Taliban stronghold near Afghanistan

The Independent UK

Militant who killed 101 at Pakistan mosque wore uniform

Pakistan's police say a suicide bomber who killed 101 people at a mosque on Monday disguised himself by wearing a police uniform

The Independent UK

Peshawar, the city of flowers, becomes epicenter of violence

The Pakistani city of Peshawar was once known as “the city of flowers” but has borne the brunt of rising militancy in the region for the past decades

The Independent UK

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Family of woman killed by Arches National Park gate gets $10.5 million

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France 24

Pakistan blames 'security lapse' for mosque bombing as death toll reaches 100

Pakistani authorities scrambled Tuesday to determine how a suicide bomber was able to carry out one of the country’s deadliest militant attacks in years, unleashing an explosion in a crowded mosque inside a highly secured police compound in the city of Peshawar. The death toll from the blast climbed to…

Reuters

Factbox-Islamist militants present fresh challenge to Pakistan

Monday's mosque bombing in northwestern Pakistan has underscored a resurgence in militant attacks in recent months in the South Asian nation.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Pakistan Buries Mosque Blast Victims as Death Toll Passes 90

Distraught relatives thronged hospitals in Pakistan's Peshawar on Tuesday to look for their kin a day after a suicide bombing ripped through a crowded mosque in a heavily fortified area of the city, killing more than 90 people, mostly policemen. The attack, in the Police Lines district follows a surge…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Suicide Bomber Breaches High Security, Kills 59 in Pakistani Mosque

A suicide bomber blew himself up inside a crowded mosque in a highly fortified security compound in Pakistan on Monday, killing 59 people, the latest attack by resurgent extremist militants targeting police in the unstable country. Police said the attacker appeared to have passed through several barricades manned by security…

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The Independent UK

Suicide bomber kills 3, wounds 90 at mosque in NW Pakistan

Pakistani officials say a suicide bomber has struck inside a mosque in the northwestern city of Peshawar, killing at least three people and wounding about 90 worshippers

Reuters

Pakistani Taliban attacks police outpost, killing three officers

The Pakistani Taliban on Thursday claimed responsibility for a suicide bomb attack on a police post in northern Pakistan that killed three police officers.

Al Jazeera

Two Pakistan intelligence officers gunned down in Punjab province

Slain officers were known for their work tracking down members of Pakistan’s Taliban and solving complex armed attacks.

The Independent UK

Pakistan says it won't allow countries to shelter militants

Pakistan’s political and military leadership says no nation will be allowed to shelter militants who stage attacks against the country — an apparent reference to neighboring Afghanistan

The Independent UK

Pakistan arrests suspects linked to bombing in Islamabad

Pakistan's interior minister says authorities have arrested five people suspected of involvement in last week’s suicide car bombing that killed a police officer in the capital of Islamabad

The Independent UK

Car bombing in Islamabad kills 2 suspects and policeman

Police say a powerful car bomb has exploded near a residential area in the capital Islamabad, killing two suspected militants and an officer

The Independent UK

Pakistan launches operation to free officers held by Taliban

Security officials say Pakistan’s special forces have launched an operation to free several security officers who were taken hostage by a group of detained Pakistani Taliban militants following a two-day standoff

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