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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 470

Pakistani Taliban

Paramedics and volunteers carry injured victims of a bomb explosion upon arrival at a hospital, in Quetta, Pakistan, Friday, September 29, 2023. (AP/Arshad Butt)
September 29, 2023, 7:03 pm
Over 50 killed, dozens wounded in suspected suicide bombing in Pakistan
Blast in open area near mosque targets worshipers marking Muhammad’s birthday; suspicion falls on Islamic State’s regional affiliate
By Abdul Sattar
Illustrative: The closed Torkham gate is seen from the zero point at the Torkham border crossing between Afghanistan and Pakistan, in Nangarhar province on February 23, 2023. (Shafiullah KAKAR/AFP)
August 20, 2023, 10:14 am
11 laborers killed in Pakistan bus bombing near Afghan border
Workmen were building army post, local government official says; attack comes as Pakistani Taliban wages campaign against security officials
By AFP
In this photo provided by Rescue 1122 Head Quarters, an ambulance carries injured people after a bomb explosion in the Bajur district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan, Sunday, July 30, 2023. A powerful bomb ripped through a rally by supporters of a hard-line cleric and political leader in the country’s northwestern Bajur district that borders Afghanistan on Sunday. (Rescue 1122 Head Quarters via AP)
July 31, 2023, 6:14 am
Suicide bomber at political rally in Pakistan kills at least 44, wounds nearly 200
Attacker strikes gathering of supporters of hard-line cleric and political leader in country’s northwestern Bajur district, which borders Afghanistan
By ANWARULLAH KHAN and RIAZ KHAN
Rescue workers carry the remains of victims from the debris of a damaged mosque after a blast inside the police headquarters in Peshawar on January 30, 2023. (Abdul Majeed/AFP)
January 31, 2023, 7:52 pm
Pakistan mosque blast that killed 100 was ‘revenge against police’
Peshawar police chief says force is on frontline in fight against militants making it a focus for vengeance; no group yet claims responsibility, local Taliban deny involvement
By AFP
Security officials inspect the site of a suicide bombing at a mosque inside the police headquarters in Peshawar, Pakistan, on January 30, 2023. (Maaz ALI/AFP)
January 30, 2023, 2:22 pm
At least 28 killed, 150 wounded in suicide bombing targeting Pakistan police mosque
Most casualties are law enforcement personnel; unclear how bomber managed to penetrate high-security zone; PM Sharif vows ‘stern action’ against perpetrators
By Agencies
Taliban fighters patrol inside the city of Farah, capital of Farah province southwest of Kabul, Afghanistan, on August 11, 2021. (AP Photo/Mohammad Asif Khan)
August 12, 2021, 5:02 am
Taliban complete northeast Afghan blitz as three more provincial capitals fall
With capture of Badakhshan, Baghlan and Farah capitals, Islamist militia now controls two-thirds of nation as US and NATO finalize their withdrawal after decades of war
By TAMEEM AKHGAR and Jon Gambrell
A soldier stands guard at the premises of a mosque after a bomb blast in Quetta on January 10, 2020. -(Photo by BANARAS KHAN / AFP)
January 10, 2020, 5:32 pm
Pakistan mosque blast kills senior police officer, 8 other worshipers
Attack wounds 11 others in restive Baluchistan province, where authorities are fighting a separatist insurgency and an offshoot of the Pakistani Taliban
By AP
Pakistani security officials and rescue workers gather at the site of a suicide bombing at an entrance to a hospital in Dera Ismail Khan, Pakistan, July 21, 2019. (AP Photo/Ishtiaq Mahsud)
July 21, 2019, 1:11 pm
Female suicide bomber strikes hospital in Pakistan, killing 9
Gunmen on motorcycles open fire on police, then bomber hits hospital where the wounded are brought; 30 hurt, many in critical condition
By ISHTIAQ MAHSUD
In this image made from video broadcast on November 7, 2013, undated footage of Mullah Fazlullah is shown on a projector in Pakistan (AP Photo via AP Video, File)
June 15, 2018, 3:40 pm
Afghan official: US drone killed Pakistan Taliban chief
Mullah Fazlullah was responsible for the attack on teenage activist Malala Yousafzai
By Amir Shah
Pakistani activist and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Malala Yousafzai (2R) poses for a photograph along with her father Ziauddin Yousafzai (R), mother Torpekai (2L) and brother Atal Yousafzai (L), at the all-boys Swat Cadet College Guli Bagh some 15 kilometers outside of the family's hometown of Mingora, March 31, 2018. (AFP PHOTO / ABDUL MAJEED)
April 1, 2018, 10:12 am
‘Back with eyes open’: Malala visits Pakistan district where she was shot
In first trip back to once militant-infested Pakistani region, Nobel Prize laureate vows to return permanently after she has completed studies at Oxford
By Lehaz Ali
Krishna Kumari, from the Pakistani Hindu minority, works in her office in Hyderabad, Pakistan, February 12, 2018. (AP Photo/Pervez Masih)
March 5, 2018, 4:45 pm
Hindu woman elected to Pakistan’s senate in historic first
Krishna Kumari, from the lowest rung of the caste system, enters parliament as Taliban-linked cleric defeated
By Zarar Khan
This file photo taken on December 18, 2017 shows US President Donald Trump speaking about his administration's National Security Strategy at the Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center in Washington, DC. ( AFP PHOTO / SAUL LOEB)
January 2, 2018, 1:43 am
Trump threatens to cut Pakistan aid over ‘deceit’ in terror fight
In first tweet of the New Year, US president says Islamabad provides ‘safe haven to the terrorists we hunt in Afghanistan’
By AFP
Men carry a body after two car bombs exploded in Mogadishu on October 28, 2017. (AFP PHOTO / Mohamed ABDIWAHAB)
November 15, 2017, 5:01 pm
Terror attacks targeted more countries in 2016, but fewer killed
Study records 25,673 terrorism-related deaths in 77 countries; notes significant decreases in Syria, Pakistan, Afghanistan
By AFP and ToI Staff
Illustrative: Pakistani rescuers shift an injured man to a hospital following an attack by gunmen in the Bacha Khan university in Charsadda, about 50 kilometers from Peshawar, on January 20, 2016. (AFP Photo/Hasham Ahmed)
November 12, 2016, 6:40 pm
Bomb blast at Sufi shrine in Pakistan kills 25
Officials say at least 35 others injured by explosion targeting worshipers in the southwestern Khuzdar district
By AFP
An Afghan man reads a local newspaper with photos the former leader of the Afghan Taliban, Mullah Akhtar Mansoor, who was killed in a US drone strike a week earlier, in Kabul, Afghanistan, Wednesday, May 25, 2016. (AP/Rahmat Gul)
May 26, 2016, 8:06 am
Little-known extremist cleric chosen to lead Afghan Taliban
Appointment of Mullah Haibatullah Akhundzad by group’s Pakistani leaders comes days after predecessor killed in US drone strike
By LYNNE O'DONNELL and Mirwais Khan
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