Peshawar
An Afghan refugee works on a carpet at the Khorasan refugee camp near Peshawar on June 19, 2013, the eve of World Refugee Day. War and other crises drove one person from their home every 4.1 seconds in 2012, according to a report from the office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) on June 19, pushing the number of people forcibly displaced to a two-decade high of 45.2 million.
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He received threats four weeks ago to leave Peshawar and not report Taliban and Al-Qaeda activity in Pakistan. It is clear he lost his life for reporting
Just a few days before he was killed he interviewed the Taliban spokesman Zabiullah Mujahid, and in his story he said they interviewed him in the Hyatabad area of Peshawar.
Today's momentous decision by the Peshawar High Court shines the first rays of accountability onto the CIA's secret drone war.More quotes »
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Gunmen kill female polio worker in Pakistan
him there in May 2011.The two women were attacked Tuesday in Kaggawala village on the outskirts of the main northwest city of Peshawar , police officer Mushtaq Khan said.Senior police official Shafiullah Khan said two attackers on foot fired a pistol at the Read more »
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Suicide bomber targeting police in Pakistan kills 10, authorities say
the Taliban , authorities said.The bomber was riding a motorcycle and detonated his explosives as the police patrol drove by in Peshawar , said city police chief Liaqat Ali Khan.The two Afghans who were killed, Qazi Mohammad Hilal Waqad and Mohammad Idrees, Read more »
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Pakistan's Musharraf disqualified from election
challenged the Chitral decision, and on Tuesday a three-member appellate tribunal at the high court in the main northwest city of Peshawar disqualified Musharraf from running in the district, said two of the lawyers who raised objections, Taufiq Asif and Rao Read more »
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Five Pakistani Army Troops Killed By Militants Near Peshawar
Pakistan -- Five Pakistani Army soldiers reportedly have been killed during an attack on their military convoy on the outskirts of Peshawar, the capital of the northwestern province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. RFE/RL's Radio Mashaal reports the attack came late 3:49 AM from Radio Free Europe Read more »
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6 soldiers killed in ambush in Pakistan
out late on Wednesday when the militants opened fire on military vehicles patrolling the Matani area, 25 kilometers (16 miles) south of Peshawar, the capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. "Militants used rockets and small arms and an exchange of fire continued 6/19/13 from Press TV Read more »
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Militants kill 6 soldiers in northwest Pakistan
Pakistan (AP) — A senior police official says militants attacked a military convoy with rocket-propelled grenades and other heavy weapons in northwest Pakistan, killing six soldiers. Shafiullah Khan says two soldiers were wounded in the attack Wednesday, 20 6/19/13 from Mail.com Read more »
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The sacred four: The decline of Hindu holy sites in Peshawar
days, the Panj Tirath complex included ponds, temples, residential complexes and sprawling lawns. PHOTO: RIAZ AHMED/EXPRESS PESHAWAR: Located just a few kilometres from the city cantonment, Khushal Bagh – named after the famous Pukthun poet-warrior – is well-known 6/19/13 from The Express Tribune Pakistan Read more »
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Life As The Wrong Kind of Muslim
soldier gestures to people to stay away from the site of a bomb blast in Peshawar, Pakistan on March 29, 2013. (Fayaz Aziz/Reuters) (The Atlantic) - A Pakistani-American man is accused of being a terrorist. In Pakistan. This article is adapted from the book 6/19/13 from Malaysia Today Read more »
