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India-Pakistan
Six FC personnel killed in Hangu explosion
2014-03-06
[DAWN] A roadside kaboom targeted a security forces' convoy in Hangu district
... Hangu is famous for its greenery, hills, beauty and water. Most of the people of this area are Bangash & Orakzai Pashtuns. Part of the Bangash are Shia. The Orakzai and the Sunni Bangash are determined to kill them...
on Wednesday, killing six Frontier Corps (FC) personnel whereas a policeman and another person were killed in separate incidents of violence in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa
... formerly NWFP, still Terrorism Central...
province.

Military sources confirmed that a security forces' convoy was travelling from Hangu to Kurram Agency
...home of an intricately interconnected web of poverty, ignorance, and religious fanaticism, where the laws of cause and effect are assumed to be suspended, conveniently located adjacent to Tora Bora...
when it was targeted near Warmagal area on the Hangu-Kurram Agency border. Six soldiers were killed whereas eight others sustained injuries.

The sources said the vehicle was also damaged in the attack.

The sources added that the blast was carried out using an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) and might have been detonated through a remote control.

In another incident in Beautiful Downtown Peshawar
...capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (formerly known as the North-West Frontier Province), administrative and economic hub for the Federally Administered Tribal Areas of Pakistan. Peshawar is situated near the eastern end of the Khyber Pass, convenient to the Pak-Afghan border. Peshawar has evolved into one of Pakistan's most ethnically and linguistically diverse cities, which means lots of gunfire.
's Yakatoot area a policeman was killed as a result of firing.

According to the police, unknown motorcyclists shot up the checkpost of Yakatoot cop shoppe killing a policeman on duty.

The body was shifted to Lady Reading Hospital.

Peshawar, the capital of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province, lies on the edge of Pakistain's tribal areas.

The city has seen frequent attacks by turbans in the past few years, with targets ranging from civilians to coppers and other law enforcement personnel.

Meanwhile,
...back at the shattered spaceship, Fffflirgoll the Arcturan slithered stealthily toward the control room, where the humans had barricaded themselves...
another person was killed in a grenade attack in Charsadda's Prang area.

Police said the victim was collecting sand when a grenade concealed in a pile of sand went off and killed him.

Two bodies found in Khyber

Meanwhile,
...back at the barn, Bossy's udder had begun to ache...
two bodies in gunny sacks were recovered from Khyber Agency's Jamrud tehsil today.

According to political sources, the bodies were found from the Shah Kas area in Jamrud Tehsil. The victims had been bumped off.

Their bodies were shifted to the tehsil office.

Meanwhile,
...back at the cheese factory, all the pieces finally fell together in Fluffy's mind...
political administration of the area launched a probe into the incident.

Khyber is part of Pakistain's semi-autonomous tribal belt on the Afghan border. The Taliban and other Al Qaeda-linked groups, who stage attacks in both countries, are known to have strongholds in the zone.
Posted by:Fred

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