KABUL, 16 June 2010 (IRIN) – Only seconds after a convoy of armoured military vehicles passed Fawad Tokhi, 35, at about 8.20am in the south of Kabul city on 18 May, he was wounded in a suicide attack.
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Posts Tagged ‘suicide bombing’
AFGHANISTAN: Military convoys put civilians “at risk”
Posted in Afghanistan, Body Count, Central Asia, Civilian Casualties, ISAF, Military, Suicide Bomb, tagged Afghanistan, civilians, Kabul, Military, suicide bombing on June 16, 2010 |
IRAQ: 15 killed in bank attack
Posted in Body Count, Civilian Casualties, Iraq, Middle-East, Suicide Bomb, Terrorists, tagged baghdad, Iraq, Military, security, suicide bombing on June 15, 2010 |
Source: Pakistan Daily Times
Monday, June 14, 2010
BAGHDAD: Suicide bombers and gunmen in military uniform killed 15 people on Sunday in an unprecedented attack on the Iraq Central Bank in Baghdad that sparked a firefight with security forces. (more…)
PAKISTAN: Bombs, missiles, bullets leave 29 dead in Pakistan
Posted in Bomb, Insurgents, Military, Pakistan, South Asia, Uncategorized, tagged civilians wounded, Pakistan, Pakistani Taliban, Police deaths, suicide bombing on April 24, 2010 |
By Asif Shahzad
Associated Press
ISLAMABAD – A suicide car bomber attacked a prison van while gunmen torched six NATO oil tankers in separate strikes Saturday that killed four Pakistani police officers and wounded 10 others, authorities said.
The army, meanwhile, kept up its pressure on the Pakistani Taliban in the tribal belt, killing 20 suspected fighters, while apparent U.S. missiles killed five alleged insurgents in a nearby northwest region, officials said. (more…)
AFGHANISTAN: Fears grow as Taliban bomb government buildings before vote
Posted in Actors, Afghanistan, Blogroll, Country, Insurgents, NATO/Allies, tagged Afghanistan, Air Strike, bombs, Civilian Casualties, civilian death toll, civilian deaths, Kabul, McChrystal, Nato, suicide bomber, suicide bombing, Taliban on August 11, 2009 |
The Globe and Mail
By HAMID SHALIZI
Taliban bombers, some disguised as women with suicide vests hidden under their burkas, stormed government buildings near Kabul in a brazen attack just 10 days before a presidential election.
Gun battles lasted for hours Monday and smoke poured from blasted buildings in Pul-e-Alam, capital of Logar province, about an hour’s drive from Kabul. Three policemen and two civilians were killed, along with six militants, said Deen Mohammad Darwish, spokesman for the provincial governor.
It was the latest in a series of assaults in the run-up to the Aug. 20 election. The Taliban have vowed to disrupt the poll, and the United Nations says spiralling violence threatens to keep many Afghans from voting. (more…)
SOMALIA: Somalia sucide bombing kills 11 peacekeepers
Posted in Africa, Car Bomb, Civilian Casualties, Somalia, Suicide Bomb, Terrorists, tagged Peacekeepers, Somalia, suicide bombing on February 23, 2009 |
By Edmund Sanders
LA Times
Two bombers, one in a car, target African Union troops in the attack. The soldiers are in Somalia to support its fragile transitional government. (more…)
