Bannu

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  2 Killed, 3 Pakistan Soldiers Injured As Suicide Bomber Detonates Self

  Two persons were killed and 10 others, including three Pakistan army soldiers, were injured in a suicide attack on a convoy of security forces in the Baka Khel area of Bannu district in Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

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  Imran Khan Slams "Imported" Government For Taliban Attack In Northwest Pak

  Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chairman Imran Khan on Monday blamed the coalition government of Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif for the terrorist attack in Bannu, reported Geo News.

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  2 Cops Killed As Taliban Take Hostages In Northwest Pakistan: Report

  At least two policemen were killed and many others injured when Pakistani Taliban militants seized a counter-terrorism centre and took some people hostage in the Bannu district of Pakistan's troubled Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province.

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  2 Killed in Bomb Attack on Pakistan Cabinet Minister's Convoy

  At least two people were killed when a roadside bomb hit the convoy of a Pakistani cabinet minister in the country's troubled northwest today, police said.

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  Pakistan School Massacre Probe: Afghan Canteen Staffers Held

  Some Afghan nationals working in the canteen of the army-run school where 150 people, mostly school children, were massacred, have been arrested by Pakistan security agencies for allegedly facilitating the Taliban militants in carrying out the bloodbath.

• Military Assault Spoils Fourth Wife Dream of This Father-of-36

  Pakistan's ongoing military operation may be making headway in clearing militant hideouts, but it has shattered the dream of one father of 36 children - to take a fourth wife.

• US Drone Strike Kills 18 in North Western Pakistan

  A US drone strike on Wednesday killed least 18 people in a suspected militant compound in Pakistan's northwestern tribal belt, as the country's military wages a major offensive against insurgent hideouts.

• Displaced Pakistanis Face Ramadan in Camps

  For half a million Pakistanis displaced by a military offensive, the prospect of fasting during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan amid severe food shortages has sharpened anger towards the government.

• Pakistani Jets Kill 17 in Anti-Militant Offensive

  Tens of thousands of families have fled to the town of Bannu, close to North Waziristan, while hundreds more have moved further afield to the towns of Lakki Marwat, Karak and Dera Ismail Khan since the offensive began in mid-June.

• First Suicide Blast in Pakistan Tribal Area Since Military Offensive, Three Killed

  Three people were killed on Tuesday in a suicide bombing in Pakistan's restive North Waziristan tribal area, the first such attack there since the military launched a major operation against the Taliban and other militants.

• UN's Humanitarian Agency Begins Distributing Aid to Pakistan Refugees

  The World Food Programme on Monday began distributing aid for hundreds of thousands of people who have fled a military operation in Pakistan, as refugees clashed with authorities over delays.

• Pakistan Helicopters Pound Rebels as 1,50,000 Civilians Flee

  Pakistani helicopter gunships pounded militant targets in the country's northwest Friday, killing up to 20 rebels, as the number of civilians fleeing an expected ground offensive passed 150,000.

• Pakistan Eases Curfew as Bigger Offensive Looms

  Pakistan eased a curfew in a tribal area Wednesday to allow civilians to flee a major offensive against the Taliban.

• Taliban commander killed in Pakistan

  A Taliban commander was killed in Pakistan's tribal area of North Waziristan on Tuesday in military strikes, Geo News reported.

• Pakistan police arrest three with 100kg of explosives

  Pakistani police have arrested three men and seized 100 kilograms of explosives in a raid in the capital Islamabad, officers said on Tuesday, following two deadly Taliban attacks on military targets.