A homicide bomber targeted a policeman’s funeral in Quetta, Pakistan killing at least 28 people including a senior police officer.
Officials say at least 50 were wounded in the attack so the death toll could rise Continue reading
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Terrorist Threat Forces Evacuation of Diplomats In Pakistan
The State Department has ordered a mandatory evacuation of all non-essential staff from Lahore, Pakistan after a threat against the consulate according to CNN.
The diplomats were moved to the capital city of Islambad. The state department also issued a travel warning for Americans. Continue reading
Death Toll From Pakistan Flooding Rises To 80
The heavy rains continue to fall in Pakistan as the death toll has been confirmed to rise to 80.
Collapsed buildings and flood waters have chased more than 80,000 people out of their homes. Civil and military authorities have been dispatched to rescue people who are trapped by the flood waters. Continue reading
Monsoon Kills At Least 80 in Afghanistan & Pakistan
Torrential rain across Afghanistan and Pakistan has killed at least 80 people and left thousands without homes.
Officials say that 34 were killed in the Sarobi district 40 miles east of Kabul, Afghanistan. Flooding throughout each of the last three monsoon seasons has devastated the region. Continue reading
Taliban Attacks Pakistani Prison
The Taliban launched an attack on a prison in northwest Pakistan freeing about 300 prisoners.
The Dera Ismail Khan jail was housing hundreds of Taliban fighters and militants from banned Islamist groups. Taliban fighters yelling “God is great” and “Long live the Taliban” fired rocket-propelled grenades and machine guns during the assault. Continue reading
Terrorist Bombing Kills At Least 57 In Pakistan
A bombing at a market in northern Pakistan has killed at least 57 people and left more than 150 injured.
A teenage boy yelled “God is great” moments before the second of the two explosions according to witnesses. Continue reading
Pakistan Intelligence Agency Bombed
Gunmen stormed the Pakistan Intelligence Agency headquarters throwing bombs and firing automatic weapons injuring more than 30 people according to local police.
The heavily guarded complex in the southern Sindh province had buildings collapse in the wake of the attack. Police say the offices of the Inter-Services Intelligence Agency were the main targets within the compound. Continue reading
Taliban Leader “Shocked” By Attack on Teen
The leader of the Pakistani Taliban has sent a letter to a schoolgirl that the Taliban tried to assassinate in 2012.
Adnan Rasheed doesn’t apologize but says he wishes the attack “had never happened” and that she was not attacked for advocating for girls’ education but because she an ran “an anti-Taliban smear campaign.” Continue reading
Taliban Says New Unit Aiming At Foreigners
After stating that they were targeting foreigners in a Saturday terrorist attack in Afghanistan, the Taliban has announced the unit is now going to focus strictly on killing foreigners.
Pakistan’s cabinet met to discuss the attack and the potential impact on the country’s tourism. The remaining tourists in the area of the attack were evacuated by Pakistani troops following the terrorist attack. Continue reading
Terrorists Storm Pakistan Hotel; 10 Dead
The Taliban has stormed a hotel in northern Pakistan killing at least 10 people with 9 of the dead foreign tourists.
Officials wouldn’t release the full list of victims but confirmed that Chinese nationals and Ukrainians are among the dead. Continue reading
