Posted in Bomb, Civilian Casualties, Pakistan, Property Damage, Suicide Bomb, Terrorists, tagged abbottabad, Al Qaeda, attack, bank, dawn, Islamabad, Osama bin Laden, Pakistan, peace, suicide bombing on June 14, 2011 |
Dawn | Syed Irfan Raza | June 14, 2011
ISLAMABAD: It is official. The peaceful interlude in Islamabad is over. Two consecutive blasts, including the suicide attack on a bank on Monday, have shattered the calm that pervaded in Islamabad for over a year, though security experts are still unclear of the significance of the two targets. (more…)
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Afghanistan, Al Qaeda, Civilian Casualties, General Petraeus, Helmand, Karzai, Nato, Pakistan on June 3, 2011 |
Boston Globe | Associated Press | June 3, 2011
KABUL — The top NATO commander in Afghanistan said yesterday that he is committed to reducing the loss of innocent lives to an absolute minimum. (more…)
Posted in Afghanistan, Central Asia, Civilian Casualties, Fact Finding, India, Middle-East, Pakistan, South Asia, tagged Afghanistan, Civilian Casualties, Military, Pakistan on May 27, 2011 |
Syed Danish Hussain | May 27, 2011
ISLAMABAD – In average, 10 incidents of armed conflicts and 39 consequent deaths were reported in three main South Asian states – Afghanistan, India and Pakistan – on every day of last month.
Every fourth victim of violence was a civilian. Afghanistan continued to be worst hit state by violence in the region as about half of the incidents as well as resultant deaths were reported in the country. (more…)
Posted in Africa, Air Strike, Civilian Casualties, Libya, Military, NATO/Allies, Property Damage, tagged air strikes, Civilian Casualties, Military, Nato, Pakistan on May 24, 2011 |
REUTERS | Joseph Logan | May 24, 2011
TRIPOLI – NATO warplanes hammered Muammar Gaddafi’s compound with their heaviest air strikes yet on Tuesday after the United States said the Libyan leader would “inevitably” be forced from power.
The shockwave from the strikes was so powerful that plaster fell from the ceilings in a hotel where foreign reporters were staying, about 2 km (1.2 miles) from Gaddafi’s compound. (more…)
Posted in Afghanistan, Diplomacy, Middle-East, Military, Targeted Death, tagged drone strikes, Pakistan on May 24, 2011 |
BBC News | May 23, 2011
A US drone strike has killed seven militants in North Waziristan on the Afghan-Pakistan border, local officials have said. (more…)
