...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.
carrying a high-ranking military official.
At least four people -- including a woman and a security official -- were killed and fourteen others injured in the blast targeting Brigadier Khalid Javed, who narrowly escaped the kaboom and was said to be safe.
Shahidullah Shahid, a front man for the Mullah Fazlullah
...son-in-law of holy man Sufi Mohammad. Known as Mullah FM, Fazlullah had the habit of grabbing his FM mike when the mood struck him and bellowing forth sermons. Sufi suckered the Pak govt into imposing Shariah on the Swat Valley and then stepped aside whilst Fazlullah and his Talibs imposed a reign of terror on the populace like they hadn't seen before, at least not for a thousand years or so. For some reason the Pak intel services were never able to locate his transmitter, much less bomb it. After ruling the place like a conquered province for a year or so, Fazlullah's Talibs began gobbling up more territory as they pushed toward Islamabad, at which point as a matter of self-preservation the Mighty Pak Army threw them out and chased them into Afghanistan...
-led Death Eater group, said the attack on the security forces convoy was a reaction to the Zarb-e-Azb
..the Pak offensive against Qaeda in Pakistain and the Pak Taliban in North Wazoo. The name refers to the sword of the Prophet (PTUI!)...
military operation against turbans in the troubled North Wazoo tribal region.
Confirming that the attack was meant to target Brigadier Javed, the TTP front man vowed to launch attacks on members of the Pakistain Mulsim League -- Nawaz (PML-N) government.
CCPO Peshawar Ijaz Khan told news hounds that those killed include a woman, an FC man and a passerby.He added that 14 people, including security personnel, were maimed in the kaboom on Saddar Road caused by a boom-mobile.