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This is a locator map for Pakistan with its capital, Islamabad, and the Kashmir region. (AP Photo)
Bombing in a former stronghold of Pakistani Taliban kills 7 people and wounds 16
Police say at least seven people were killed and 16 wounded after a powerful bomb went off outside the office of a pro-government peace committee in a former stronghold of the Pakistani Taliban in the restive northwest.
 
Pakistan recovers 8 out of 16 mine workers abducted by militants
Authorities say Pakistani security forces have recovered at least eight out of 16 mine workers who were kidnapped by militants in the country’s restive northwest Thursday morning.
 
This is a locator map for Pakistan with its capital, Islamabad, and the Kashmir region. (AP Photo)
4 people including an army officer were kidnapped in northwest Pakistan
Officials say suspected militants have kidnapped four people, including an army officer who was sitting in a mosque in a former stronghold of the Pakistani Taliban to receive mourners after attending his father’s funeral.
 
Local residents gather at a barricaded road leading to a military facility site, in Bannu, a city in northwestern Pakistan, Monday, July 15, 2024. A suicide bomber detonated an explosives-laden vehicle and at least one of his accomplices exploded his vest near the outer wall of a military facility in northwestern Pakistani city Bannu early Monday, wounding several civilians and damaging nearby homes, a local police official said. (AP Photo/Muhammad Hasib)
Pakistani troops kill 10 militants responsible for attack on military base that left 8 soldiers dead
Officials in Pakistan say security forces have killed all ten militants who attacked a military facility in the northwest, leaving eight soldiers dead.
 
This is a locator map for Pakistan with its capital, Islamabad, and the Kashmir region. (AP Photo)
Militants bomb a girls school in northwestern Pakistan, once a Taliban stronghold. No one was harmed
Police say suspected militants bombed a girls school in a former stronghold of the Pakistani Taliban in the country’s volatile northwest, badly damaging the structure. No one was harmed in the overnight attack.
 
A roadside bomb targeting security forces kills 2 soldiers and wounds 15 in Pakistan
Officials say a roadside bomb has exploded near a security convoy in northwestern Pakistan, killing two soldiers and wounding 15 others.
 
Roadside bomb kills soldier in northwestern Pakistan
Pakistani intelligence officials say a roadside bombing has killed one paramilitary soldier and wounded another in the South Waziristan tribal region near the Afghan border.