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Suicide attackers assault UN office in Afghanistan (AP)

October 23rd, 2010

This undated photo shows New York Times photographer Joao Silva on assignment in South Africa. Silva has been seriously injured in Afghanistan while covering the conflict in that country, the paper reported  Saturday Oct 23 2010. Silva, 44, received leg injuries when he stepped on the mine while accompanying American soldiers on patrol in the Arghandab district. He was evacuated to Kandahar Air Field where he was receiving treatment. (AP Photo)AP - A suicide car bomber and three armed militants wearing explosives vests and dressed as women attacked a United Nations compound Saturday in western Afghanistan, but Afghan security forces…

Mosque once used by Sept. 11 attackers shut down (AP)

August 9th, 2010

AP - A Hamburg mosque once frequented by some of the Sept. 11 attackers was shut down Monday because German authorities believe the prayer house was again being used as…

Afghan governor: Suicide attackers strike Kunduz (AP)

July 2nd, 2010

Interactive graphic on Afghanistan where a total of 100 foreign soldiers fighting the Taliban have died in June, making it the deadliest month for NATO in nine years of conflict.(AFP iactiv)AP - An Afghan provincial governor says four suicide bombers have attacked a small inn in northern Afghanistan.


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Police: Lahore attackers were Pakistani Taliban (AP)

May 29th, 2010

People from Ahmadi Community carry a casket of a victim of Friday's attacked by Islamic militants, to bury it in their graveyard in Rabwa, some 150 kilometers (93 miles) northwest from Lahore Pakistan on Saturday, May 29, 2010. Islamist gunmen and a suicide squad lobbed grenades, sprayed bullets from atop a minaret and took hostages Friday in attacks on two mosques packed with worshippers from a minority sect in Pakistan. (AP Photo/Anjum Naveed)AP - Police on Saturday blamed the Pakistani Taliban for attacks that killed 93 people at two mosques belonging to a minority sect, and said the militants involved had trained…

Attackers strike sect mosques in Pakistan; 80 dead (AP)

May 28th, 2010

Pakistani police officers and others take cover near vehicles damaged in a suspected attack, outside Garhi Shahu mosque in Lahore, Pakistan, Friday, May 28, 2010. Suspected Islamist militants attacked two mosques, Garhi Shahu and Model Town, packed with hundreds of people from a minority sect in eastern Pakistan on Friday, laying siege to one center in a standoff with police, killing scores of people. (AP Photo/K.M. Chaudary)AP - Suspected Islamist militants attacked two mosques packed with hundreds of worshippers from a minority sect in eastern Pakistan on Friday, holding hostages and battling police, officials and witnesses…

Attackers strike sect mosques in Pakistan; 20 dead (AP)

May 28th, 2010

An image made from Geo TV video shows Pakistani police officer takes cover during a crackdown operation against militants in Lahore, Pakistan on Friday, May 28, 2010. Gunmen armed with grenades attacked two mosques belonging to a minority Islamic sect during Friday prayers in the eastern Pakistani city of Lahore, police said. Casualties were expected. Bottom line reads 'Alleged attacker arrested in Model Town'.(AP Photo/Geo TV) ** NO SALES, TV OUT **AP - Gunmen armed with grenades attacked two mosques of a minority sect during Friday prayers in eastern Pakistan, seizing control of one mosque and battling with police, officials and…

Attackers kill 12 in latest Nigeria fighting (AP)

March 17th, 2010

People from the village of Dogo Nahawa, south of Jos, watch health official cover bodies killed during religious clashes on March 7. The latest sectarian massacre in Jos has brutally exposed the failure of the Nigerian authorities to end bloodshed and bring stability to a region which has long been a religious powderkeg.(AFP/File)AP - Attackers killed 12 people in a small Christian village in central Nigeria on Wednesday, and witnesses said some of the victims’ tongues had been cut out in a…

Suicide attackers hit Afghan city; at least 30 die (AP)

March 13th, 2010

Map locates Kandahar and Kandahar province, Afghanistan where multiple explosions have been reportedAP - A suicide squad detonated bombs at a newly fortified prison, police headquarters and two other locations late Saturday, killing at least 30 people in the largest city of…

4 suicide attackers hit southern Afghanistan city (AP)

March 13th, 2010

An Afghan soldier stands guard in a street corner in Shindand, district of Herat province, west of Kabul, Afghanistan on Saturday, March 13, 2010. (AP Photo/Reza Shirmohammadi)AP - Four suicide bombers struck different parts of the dangerous southern city of Kandahar in attacks Saturday evening that collapsed buildings and caused casualties, officials said.


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