Topic: Lower Dir

Four killed in Pakistan bomb attack

A roadside bomb targeted an anti-Taliban militia member in northwest Pakistan on Tuesday, ripping through his vehicle and killing four people, police said.The blast wrecked the militiaman's car in a remote village in the district of Lower Dir, where Pakistan ...

Pakistan bomb kills anti-Taliban militiaman, 3 others

A roadside bomb targeted an anti-Taliban militia member in northwest Pakistan on Tuesday, ripping through his vehicle and killing four people, police said.The blast badly damaged the militiaman's car in a remote village in the district of Lower Dir, where ...

Suicide bomber kills 26 at Pakistan funeral

A suicide bomber targeting members of an anti-Taliban militia blew himself up during funeral prayers in northwest Pakistan on Thursday, killing 26 people and wounding 63 others, police said.The attacker struck as mourners were preparing for prayers being held in open ...

Blast at Pakistan funeral kills 20

LOWER DIR, Pakistan (Reuters) - A suicide bomber attacked a funeral of a member of a pro-government Pashtun tribe in a village in northwest Pakistan on Thursday, killing at least 20 people, police said.More than 35 people were wounded in the attack ...

Pakistan detains girl with suicide vest

Pakistani police said Monday they detained a nine-year-old school girl allegedly strapped with a bomb and told to blow up a police checkpoint in the country's troubled northwest.Although her intentions could not be confirmed independently, it was the first time ...
A teenage suicide bomber struck a bus terminal in northwest Pakistan on Monday, killing seven people in the sixth bomb attack in as many days to strike the nuclear-armed country, police said.The bomb, apparently targeting an anti-Taliban militia leader, exploded in ...

We are but a war-torn country...

Sometimes I really wonder how would I describe my country, Pakistan? Swat, Upper and Lower Dir, Buner, Malakand, North and South Waziristan are just to name a few war-ridden areas of my country. I conveniently sit at a very comfortable distance from ...

Pakistani troops kill 23 militants

Pakistan's security forces killed at least 23 militants in an exchange of fire during a search operation in the country's troubled northwest, officials said on Tuesday.The clash took place in remote Kilpani village of Lower Dir, the district where ...

Troops kill 23 militants in Pakistan: officials

Pakistan's security forces killed at least 23 militants in an exchange of fire during a search operation in the country's troubled northwest, officials said Tuesday.The clash took place in remote Kilpani village of Lower Dir, the district where four ...

Suicide quartet hit Pakistan troops: officials

Four suicide attackers armed with car bombs and rockets targeted a fort in Pakistan, killing a soldier and wounding at least seven in an area troubled by Taliban, officials said Monday.The squad targeted the post manned by paramilitary in the northwestern ...