Topic: Pakistan

Four killed, 28 wounded in Pakistan attacks

Four people, including two children, were killed and 28 wounded Saturday in a bomb blast and a militant attack on Pakistani troops, security officials said.The children and one civilian were killed by a remote-control motorcycle bomb targeting security forces in Punjgur district ...

Forgotten victims of Pakistan's Taliban war

Shadi Khan was once a proud soldier fighting the Taliban, but today he quivers in pain, socks bagged around metal pins after a bomb blew off his legs on Pakistan's deadliest battlefield.His unit had arrested 10 Taliban operatives and killed another eight, ...

Pakistan bat first

Pakistan captain Shahid Afridi won his second successive NatWest Series toss, and chose to bat first against England on a sunny morning at Headingley.. Both teams were unchanged, after England's 24-run victory at Chester-le-Street two days ago.. It was anticipated all-rounder Abdul ...

Pakistani ambassador attacked, injured in Iran

Pakistan's ambassador to Tehran was injured and taken to hospital on Tuesday when he was attacked by an Afghan while taking a walk in the capital, Iran's foreign ministry spokesman told local media."Today Pakistan's ambassador, as he was walking, was beaten up ...

Explosion injures seven in NW Pakistan

At least seven people were injured in an explosion in a building in Pakistan's northwestern city of Peshawar on Saturday, police said, but the cause was unknown. "The nature of the explosion is not yet known," senior police official Mohammad Karim Khan ...

New Zealand sweat on McCullum injury

Injury-plagued New Zealand are sweating on the fitness of big-hitting Brendon McCullum ahead of their must-win World Twenty20 Super Eights clash with unbeaten Sri Lanka on Tuesday.McCullum has torn ligaments in the little finger on his left hand, an injury suffered when ...

Bomb blasts in Pakistani cities

Bombs exploded outside mosques in two Pakistan cities Friday, injuring at least 17 people, police and security officials said.An explosion at a mosque in the northwestern garrison town of Nowshera wounded seven people, local police chief Abdullah Khan told AFP. "Seven people ...

Several wounded in bomb blasts in Pakistani cities

Bombs exploded outside mosques in two Pakistan cities Friday, injuring at least 17 people, police and security officials said.An explosion at a mosque in the northwestern garrison town of Nowshera wounded seven people, local police chief Abdullah Khan told AFP. "Seven people ...