http://topics.edition.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/PeshawarFind stories, videos, and photos about Peshawar from CNN.com.en-usCable News Network LP, LLLP.Wed, 25 Nov 2009 22:58:24 GMT5http://i.cdn.turner.com/cnn/.element/img/1.0/logo/cnn.logo.rss.gifhttp://topics.edition.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/Peshawar14433Find stories, videos, and photos about Peshawar from CNN.com.http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/11/20/pakistan.suspected.drones/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/11/20/pakistan.suspected.drones/index.html#cnnSTCTextA suspected drone fired two missiles at a house in northwestern Pakistan on Friday morning, killing eight militants and wounding several others, officials said.Mon, 23 Nov 2009 02:06:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/11/19/pakistan.blast/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/11/19/pakistan.blast/index.html#cnnSTCTextA suicide bomber struck Thursday morning outside the gates of a court compound in the heavily guarded administrative heart of the Pakistani city of Peshawar.Thu, 19 Nov 2009 17:59:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/11/16/pakistan.taliban.attacks/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/11/16/pakistan.taliban.attacks/index.html#cnnSTCTextTaliban leaders have claimed responsibility for a wave of suicide bombings that have battered the Pakistani city of Peshawar. The militants also vow to carry out more attacks in the future.Thu, 19 Nov 2009 06:50:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/11/15/pakistan.violence/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/11/15/pakistan.violence/index.html#cnnSTCTextViolence flared in northwestern Pakistan for a third straight day Sunday as one anti-Taliban government leader was killed and another survived an attack, officials said.Thu, 19 Nov 2009 06:43:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/11/15/pakistan.bomb.peshawar/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/11/15/pakistan.bomb.peshawar/index.html#cnnSTCTextA suicide bomber detonated a car laden with explosives, killing six people on Monday near the Budbhair area in Peshawar, officials said.Mon, 16 Nov 2009 06:43:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/11/14/pakistan.explosion/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/11/14/pakistan.explosion/index.html#cnnSTCTextA suicide car bomber who blew himself up at a police checkpoint Saturday in Peshawar killed 11 people and wounded 26 -- marking the second straight day of major violence in the area, authorities said.Mon, 16 Nov 2009 06:12:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/11/12/pakistan.explosion/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/11/12/pakistan.explosion/index.html#cnnSTCTextA pair of bombings in Pakistan killed 10 people and wounded dozens of others Friday, officials said.Mon, 16 Nov 2009 06:10:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/11/12/pakistan.peshawar.blasts.blackwater/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/11/12/pakistan.peshawar.blasts.blackwater/index.html#cnnSTCTextA senior al Qaeda leader in Afghanistan has blamed the U.S. security firm formerly known as Blackwater as being behind the recent spate of deadly attacks in the Pakistani city of Peshawar.Sun, 15 Nov 2009 20:51:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/11/13/pakistan.explosion/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/11/13/pakistan.explosion/index.html#cnnSTCTextA pair of bombings in Pakistan killed at least 17 people, including security officials, and wounded dozens of others Friday, officials said.Fri, 13 Nov 2009 15:31:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/11/12/pakistan.officer.killed/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/11/12/pakistan.officer.killed/index.html#cnnSTCTextA Pakistani working for the Iranian Consulate was shot and killed in the northwestern part of the country Thursday, police said.Thu, 12 Nov 2009 16:31:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/11/12/pakistan.consulate/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/11/12/pakistan.consulate/index.html#cnnSTCTextA Pakistani working for the Iranian consulate was shot and killed in the northwestern part of the country Thursday, police said.Thu, 12 Nov 2009 10:33:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/11/10/pakistan.peshawar.blast/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/11/10/pakistan.peshawar.blast/index.html#cnnSTCTextA suicide car bomber struck a congested traffic circle outside Peshawar Tuesday, killing at least 26 people -- including several women and children -- and wounding 60 others, police and hospital officials said.Tue, 10 Nov 2009 19:48:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/11/09/pakistan.attack/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/11/09/pakistan.attack/index.html#cnnSTCTextA suicide bomber detonated explosives at a police checkpoint in the northwest Pakistani city of Peshawar on Monday, killing at least three people, police said.Mon, 09 Nov 2009 10:19:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/11/08/Pakistan.blast.mayor/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/11/08/Pakistan.blast.mayor/index.html#cnnSTCTextA suicide car bomber struck in northwest Pakistan on Sunday, killing 12 people, including a local mayor, authorities said.Mon, 09 Nov 2009 01:01:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/11/02/pakistan.explosion/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/11/02/pakistan.explosion/index.html#cnnSTCTextA suicide bomber killed at least 35 people Monday by detonating explosives outside a bank where people had lined up to pick up their monthly checks, police said.Tue, 03 Nov 2009 00:32:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/10/28/pakistan.geddes.analysis/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/10/28/pakistan.geddes.analysis/index.html#cnnSTCTextA deadly car bomb attack on a busy market in Peshawar Wednesday continued a bloody trend of atrocities in Pakistan during October.Thu, 29 Oct 2009 12:57:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/10/28/pakistan.blast/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/10/28/pakistan.blast/index.html#cnnSTCTextA massive car bomb tore through the heart of a bustling marketplace in Peshawar, Pakistan, Wednesday, killing at least 100 people -- including many women and children -- and injuring at least 200 others, officials said.Thu, 29 Oct 2009 12:46:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/10/28/clinton.pakistan.relations/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/10/28/clinton.pakistan.relations/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe militants behind Wednesday's deadly strike on a Pakistani marketplace that killed at least 90 people -- most of them women -- are "on the losing side of history," U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said at a joint news conference with her Pakistani counterpart.Wed, 28 Oct 2009 11:23:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/10/23/pakistan.bombing/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/10/23/pakistan.bombing/index.html#cnnSTCTextBombings across Pakistan on Friday killed at least seven people and wounded 24, officials said.Fri, 23 Oct 2009 17:17:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/10/09/pakistan.bomb.blast/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/10/09/pakistan.bomb.blast/index.html#cnnSTCTextA suicide car bomb in a bustling market in the Pakistani city of Peshawar killed at least 49 people Friday, a government official said.Fri, 09 Oct 2009 12:16:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/09/26/pakistan.explosions/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/09/26/pakistan.explosions/index.html#cnnSTCTextSeventeen people were killed Saturday in three separate blasts in northwest Pakistan, police said.Sun, 27 Sep 2009 07:56:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/08/23/pakistan.attack.foiled/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/08/23/pakistan.attack.foiled/index.html#cnnSTCTextPakistani forces in the last month foiled a planned attack on the parliament building, the intelligence agency and other federal institutions, the country's interior minister told CNN Sunday.Sun, 23 Aug 2009 14:44:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/07/26/pakistan.cleric.arrest/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/07/26/pakistan.cleric.arrest/index.html#cnnSTCTextA pro-Taliban cleric who helped negotiate a short-lived cease-fire between the militant organization and the Pakistani government was arrested Sunday in Pakistan's North West Frontier Province.Sun, 26 Jul 2009 15:14:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/07/16/pakistan.un.killed/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/07/16/pakistan.un.killed/index.html#cnnSTCTextGunmen killed a guard and a U.N. worker during a kidnapping attempt in northwestern Pakistan on Thursday, officials said.Thu, 16 Jul 2009 10:48:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/07/14/pakistan.displaced.return/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/07/14/pakistan.displaced.return/index.html#cnnSTCTextA trickle of Pakistanis who fled their homes during the fighting in the country's volatile northwestern region have begun returning under a government operation, the U.N. refugee agency said on Tuesday.Wed, 15 Jul 2009 00:25:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/06/23/pakistan.unrest/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/06/23/pakistan.unrest/index.html#cnnSTCTextA former Taliban commander who recently defected to the government was killed Tuesday morning in northern Pakistan after a gunman fired into a residence where he was sleeping, police said.Tue, 23 Jun 2009 20:32:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/06/22/pakistan.taliban.girls.school/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/06/22/pakistan.taliban.girls.school/index.html#cnnSTCTextGovernment airstrikes killed 20 Taliban militants in the past 24 hours in northwest Pakistan, a military source said Monday.Mon, 22 Jun 2009 11:58:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/06/12/pakistan.cleric/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/06/12/pakistan.cleric/index.html#cnnSTCTextA moderate Muslim cleric who denounced suicide attacks as forbidden by Islam was killed Friday in a suicide attack on his mosque in Lahore, authorities said.Fri, 12 Jun 2009 23:25:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/06/10/pakistan.hotel/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/06/10/pakistan.hotel/index.html#cnnSTCTextPakistani authorities have lowered the toll of victims killed from Tuesday's suicide attack at a hotel in Peshawar to nine.Wed, 10 Jun 2009 18:54:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/06/09/pakistan.hotel/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/06/09/pakistan.hotel/index.html#cnnSTCTextThree suicide attackers shot their way onto the grounds of a five-star hotel in the northwest Pakistani city of Peshawar and set off a car bomb, killing at least seven people and wounding dozens, officials said.Wed, 10 Jun 2009 07:27:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/05/29/pakistan.peshawar.blast/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/05/29/pakistan.peshawar.blast/index.html#cnnSTCTextPakistani authorities increased security throughout the capital Friday after this week's deadly bombings in Lahore and Peshawar and a threat by the Taliban to carry out further attacks.Tue, 02 Jun 2009 01:10:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/05/28/pakistan.peshawar.blast/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/05/28/pakistan.peshawar.blast/index.html#cnnSTCTextA series of explosions in northwest Pakistan killed eight people Thursday night, and two suspected militants died in a gunbattle with Peshawar police on a rooftop, authorities said.Fri, 29 May 2009 04:56:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/05/24/pakistan.refugee.camp/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/05/24/pakistan.refugee.camp/index.html#cnnSTCTextIt's an exodus on an almost biblical scale. And it has produced a mosaic of plastic and canvas that is now home to more than 93,000 people -- with more arriving each day.Mon, 25 May 2009 02:46:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/05/22/pakistan.refugees.appeal/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/05/22/pakistan.refugees.appeal/index.html#cnnSTCTextNearly a half-billion dollars in "urgent contributions" are needed, the United Nations said Friday to aid displaced Pakistanis whose numbers are nearing 2 million.Fri, 22 May 2009 22:19:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/05/16/pakistan.missile.strikes/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/05/16/pakistan.missile.strikes/index.html#cnnSTCTextViolence echoed across a volatile Pakistani province and an adjacent tribal region on Saturday, with dozens reported killed in the latest military push, a drone strike, and a car bombing targeting a school bus.Sat, 16 May 2009 17:45:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/05/11/orphans.swat.taliban.pakistan/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/05/11/orphans.swat.taliban.pakistan/index.html#cnnSTCTextTwenty well-behaved boys sit on the floor in two rows, quietly eating a humble lunch of flat bread, water and beans.Thu, 14 May 2009 03:02:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/05/13/pakistan.NATO.attack/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/05/13/pakistan.NATO.attack/index.html#cnnSTCTextTaliban militants attacked NATO supply terminals Wednesday morning, torching at least 10 supply trucks in northern Pakistan, local officials said.Wed, 13 May 2009 07:40:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/05/11/pakistan.civilians.flee/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/05/11/pakistan.civilians.flee/index.html#cnnSTCTextCivilians continued to flee Pakistan's northwest in droves Monday as government troops prepared to engage Taliban militants in the crisis-hit Swat Valley.Mon, 11 May 2009 09:50:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/05/05/pakistan.suicide.bomb/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/05/05/pakistan.suicide.bomb/index.html#cnnSTCTextA suicide bomber in a car filled with explosives, rammed into a Pakistani security vehicle at a government checkpoint just outside Peshawar, killing six security forces and wounding 30 people Tuesday.Tue, 05 May 2009 08:56:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/04/12/pakistan.attacks/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/04/12/pakistan.attacks/index.html#cnnSTCTextMore than 80 militants attacked a supply terminal in northwest Pakistan that serves U.S. and NATO-led troops in Afghanistan, police said.Sun, 12 Apr 2009 08:15:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/03/16/pakistan.khyber/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/03/16/pakistan.khyber/index.html#cnnSTCTextSuspected Taliban militants destroyed 15 trucks in a NATO supply convoy in northwestern Pakistan's restive tribal region early Monday, a Peshawar police official said.Mon, 16 Mar 2009 12:13:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/03/06/pakistan.bomb/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/03/06/pakistan.bomb/index.html#cnnSTCTextA remote-controlled bomb detonated on the outskirts of Peshawar, Pakistan, Saturday morning, killing seven security personnel and a civilian.Sat, 07 Mar 2009 07:17:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/01/23/pakistan.security.guards.killed/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/01/23/pakistan.security.guards.killed/index.html#cnnSTCTextTwo Pakistani security guards were killed Friday when they stopped a suicide car bomber from barreling into a military outpost.Fri, 23 Jan 2009 13:39:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/12/13/pakistan.violence.nato/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/12/13/pakistan.violence.nato/index.html#cnnSTCTextSuspected Taliban militants early Saturday staged another attack against cargo terminals in northwestern Pakistan in the country's restive tribal areas, destroying NATO supplies bound for neighboring Afghanistan, police said.Sat, 13 Dec 2008 11:09:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/12/12/pakistan.violence.nato/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/12/12/pakistan.violence.nato/index.html#cnnSTCTextSuspected militants attacked a truck depot in Peshawar near the border with the Khyber Agency in the country's restive tribal areas, destroying NATO supply trucks bound for Afghanistan, Peshawar police said.Fri, 12 Dec 2008 17:01:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/12/08/pakistan.violence.nato/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/12/08/pakistan.violence.nato/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe U.S. military is looking at alternative ways of transporting equipment into Afghanistan, two sources said, after militants Monday torched 50 trucks at a northwestern Pakistan staging post.Mon, 08 Dec 2008 17:35:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/12/07/pakistan.violence/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/12/07/pakistan.violence/index.html#cnnSTCTextDozens of containers, possibly holding supplies for NATO troops in Afghanistan, burned after militants attacked a Pakistani freight terminal with mortars and grenades early Sunday, according to Pakistani police officials.Sun, 07 Dec 2008 08:36:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/2008/11/15/news/international/pakistan_imf/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/2008/11/15/news/international/pakistan_imf/index.htmPakistan has agreed to borrow $7.6 billion from the International Monetary Fund to avoid adding an economic crisis to its struggle against Islamic militants, an official said Saturday.Sat, 15 Nov 2008 14:09:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/11/12/pakistan.us.citizen/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/11/12/pakistan.us.citizen/index.html#cnnSTCTextA U.S. citizen was shot and killed Wednesday in northwestern Pakistan, police said.Wed, 12 Nov 2008 07:21:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/10/02/pakistan.suicide.attack/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/10/02/pakistan.suicide.attack/index.html#cnnSTCTextA suicide attacker targeting the home of a provincial party leader in Pakistan's North West Frontier Province (NWFP) killed four people and injured seven on Thursday, according to the Interior ministry and local police.Thu, 02 Oct 2008 12:54:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/09/13/pakistan.militant.takeover/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/09/13/pakistan.militant.takeover/index.html#cnnSTCTextDozens of Taliban militants took control of a government office in Pakistan's tribal region near the Afghan border Saturday, raising concerns about an advance on the nearby city of Peshawar, a police chief said.Sat, 13 Sep 2008 21:48:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/09/06/pakistan.explosion/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/09/06/pakistan.explosion/index.html#cnnSTCTextA suicide car bomb targeting a security checkpoint in northwest Pakistan killed at least 25 people, including 10 police officers, and wounded 50 others, a Peshawar police spokesman said Saturday.Sun, 07 Sep 2008 09:32:00 EDThttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1839302,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1839302,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsIn recent weeks, the Pakistani Taliban have said they were to blame for a string of suicide bombings. One attack killed nearly 70 peopleSat, 06 Sep 2008 18:00:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/08/27/afghan.kidnap/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/08/27/afghan.kidnap/index.html#cnnSTCTextA Japanese aid worker who was abducted in east-central Afghanistan has been found dead, a local government official said Wednesday.Thu, 28 Aug 2008 03:21:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/08/26/afghan.kidnap/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/08/26/afghan.kidnap/index.html#cnnSTCTextGunmen Tuesday seized a Japanese aid worker and his driver in eastern Afghanistan, officials said.Wed, 27 Aug 2008 14:58:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/08/26/pakistan.militant.attack/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/08/26/pakistan.militant.attack/index.html#cnnSTCTextA U.S. consulate vehicle in Pakistan's violence-plagued northwest came under gunfire Tuesday.Wed, 27 Aug 2008 01:03:00 EDThttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1835491,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1835491,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsPakistani troops pounded Islamic militants in the volatile northwest Saturday, killing 37 in retaliation for suicide attacksSat, 23 Aug 2008 17:00:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/08/12/pakistan.blast/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/08/12/pakistan.blast/index.html#cnnSTCTextA bomb targeting an Air Force bus killed at least 12 people in northwestern Pakistan Tuesday, police said. The blast wounded another 15.Tue, 12 Aug 2008 18:51:00 EDThttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1819125,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1819125,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsDistracted by its political turmoil, the nation is losing control of its militant hinterlands, where al-Qaeda is revivingMon, 30 Jun 2008 20:00:00 EDThttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1819098,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1819098,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsA powerful explosion destroyed a militant compound and killed up to eight people Monday in a volatile tribal region where Pakistan security forces are waging an offensive against pro-Taliban militantsMon, 30 Jun 2008 18:00:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/05/24/pakistan.bomb/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/05/24/pakistan.bomb/index.html#cnnSTCTextA Pakistani police officer died and two other were wounded when a car bomb exploded Saturday morning in Nasir Bagh, about 15 miles from Peshawar, a Peshawar police official said.Sat, 24 May 2008 07:53:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/05/19/pakistan.bombing/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/05/19/pakistan.bombing/index.html#cnnSTCTextA suicide bomber killed 10 people on Sunday after attacking a bakery on a Pakistan army base near the northwestern city of Peshawar, according to police and the Pakistani military.Mon, 19 May 2008 11:58:00 EDThttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1718614,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1718614,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsMusharraf's league may have been hit big, but Pakistan's once powerful fundamentalist political parties are reeling tooFri, 29 Feb 2008 21:00:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/02/10/pakistan.blast/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/02/10/pakistan.blast/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe death toll in the bombing of a political gathering on Saturday has risen to 27 with more than 50 people wounded in the attack, according to an Associated Press report.Fri, 15 Feb 2008 17:18:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/02/12/pakistan.envoy/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/02/12/pakistan.envoy/index.html#cnnSTCTextPakistani authorities have launched a search operation in the country's tribal region for Pakistan's ambassador to Afghanistan, interior ministry spokesman said Tuesday.Fri, 15 Feb 2008 06:58:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/01/30/pakistan.explosion/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/01/30/pakistan.explosion/index.html#cnnSTCTextAn explosion killed three would-be suicide bombers in Pakistan Wednesday, police in the northwestern city of Peshawar said.Wed, 30 Jan 2008 06:39:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/01/27/pakistan.tunnel/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/01/27/pakistan.tunnel/index.html#cnnSTCTextPakistani security forces Sunday regained control of a tunnel in northwest Pakistan after a bloody battle that left 24 militants dead, a military news release said.Mon, 28 Jan 2008 01:01:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/01/17/pakistan.militants/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/01/17/pakistan.militants/index.html#cnnSTCTextA suicide bomb detonated near a Shiite religious site in Peshawar in northwest Pakistan on Thursday, killing at least four people and wounding 22, police told CNN.Thu, 17 Jan 2008 16:41:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/12/21/pakistan.blast/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/12/21/pakistan.blast/index.html#cnnSTCTextPolice raided an Islamic school and arrested seven students hours after a blast in a mosque in northern Pakistan left at least 50 dead and dozens injured, according to an Associated Press report.Sun, 23 Dec 2007 09:58:00 ESThttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1650518,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1650518,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsOne of the quieter places in the country's wild west now has a radical seminary, complete with armed militantsTue, 07 Aug 2007 17:00:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/01/27/pakistan.blast/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/01/27/pakistan.blast/index.htmlAt least 13 people, including a senior police official, were killed Saturday evening in a suicide bombing near a crowded Shiite mosque in Peshawar, police sources told CNN.Sat, 27 Jan 2007 16:53:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/asiapcf/03/28/pakistan.usconsulate/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/asiapcf/03/28/pakistan.usconsulate/index.htmlThe U.S. consulate in Peshawar, Pakistan, was closed Monday because of a "very specific and credible threat," three State Department officials told CNN.Tue, 28 Mar 2006 17:16:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/asiapcf/02/17/pakistan.cartoons/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/asiapcf/02/17/pakistan.cartoons/index.htmlA general strike has shut the normally bustling port city of Karachi in southern Pakistan as demonstrators took to the streets to protest the publication of caricatures of the Muslim Prophet Mohammed, police said.Fri, 17 Feb 2006 09:55:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/asiapcf/02/15/pakistan.cartoons/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/asiapcf/02/15/pakistan.cartoons/index.htmlDeadly violence erupted Wednesday across Pakistan as several thousand demonstrators stormed through the streets of Peshawar and Lahore to protest the publication of caricatures of the Muslim Prophet Mohammed, police said.Wed, 15 Feb 2006 07:52:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2006/SPORT/02/10/cricket.pakistan/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2006/SPORT/02/10/cricket.pakistan/index.htmlPakistan fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar has been ruled out of the second one-day international against India with a nagging ankle injury.Fri, 10 Feb 2006 15:51:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/asiapcf/11/10/pakistan.killings/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/asiapcf/11/10/pakistan.killings/index.htmlMullah Abdul Mannan Hanafi and Mullah Mohammad Akbar, former Taliban provincial governors and military commanders in Afghanistan, have been shot dead in an attack early Tuesday morning in Peshawar, police sources have told CNN.Thu, 10 Nov 2005 21:32:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/asiapcf/10/21/pakistan.alqaeda/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/asiapcf/10/21/pakistan.alqaeda/index.htmlPakistani intelligence agencies have arrested two suspected al Qaeda members in separate raids in Peshawar and Lahore, the nation's information minister has said.Thu, 21 Oct 2004 09:11:00 EDT