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Bicycle bombers kill 4, injure 31 in east Afghanistan

MEHTAR LAM: Suicide bombers on bicycles killed four people and wounded 31 others in eastern Afghanistan on Saturday, the latest attacks coinciding with plans by NATO members to gradually end their presence.
Two bombers struck in Laghman province, provincial Governor Mohammad Iqbal Azizi told Reuters, with the first bomber detonating his explosives at a police checkpoint in the capital Mehtar Lam, and the second struck several hundred metres away. The attacks come after a spike in

Drone missiles kill three militants in North Waziristan

PESHAWAR: At least three militants were killed and one injured when a vehicle was hit by two missiles fired by US drones in North Waziristan on Friday.
A vehicle carrying suspected militants near Machikhel village in Mirali area was hit by two missiles, killing the three men and injuring the fourth.
"Two missiles were fired on a vehicle.
So far three militants are confirmed killed in this attack," a senior security official said.
The identity of killed could not

Indian troops kill 2 in clash along LoC

SRINAGAR: Indian soldiers shot dead two suspected militants on Sunday after they crossed into Indian-held Kashmir from the Pakistani side of the disputed region, an army spokesman said.
The two were killed along the Line of Control (LoC) - the de facto border that splits Kashmir between Pakistan and India - in the southern Poonch sector, the Indian army spokesman said.
"The operation in the area is still going on," he said, adding that militants were desperate to get into

Gunmen kill four police in Noshki

QUETTA: Gunmen shot dead four policemen in an attack on their van in insurgency-hit southwest Pakistan, officials said.
The incident took place in Gard Gab area, in Noshki district 150 kilometres west of Quetta, local police official Abdul Salam told AFP. The assailants ambushed a police van bringing recruits from a police training college in Qalat, he said.
"Three police recruits were killed on the spot. Another died on the way to the hospital," he said, adding that two

US drones kill nine militants in Waziristan

MIRANSHAH: US drone strikes targeted militant vehicles in North Waziristan Agency on Sunday, killing nine terrorists, security officials said. Two missiles were fired at a vehicle soon after it left a militant compound near Miranshah, a security official said.
"The attack blew up the vehicle and also damaged the compound. Five militants were killed, they had been inside the vehicle, which was destroyed in the attack," the official said from Miranshah. Another official, in the

Militants kill man in North Waziristan

PESHAWAR: The militants shot Khatibullah to death on Tuesday in their own judicial procedure in North Waziristan, after labeling him as American spy, the tribal sources said.
Khatibullah, a 25 year-old from Mosaki village in North Waziristan, was kidnapped from the market two weeks ago by some unidentified armed men.
A newly emerged militant group named as the Jaish-e-Khurassan or Ittehad-e-Khurassan killed Khatibullah on the charges of spying for the American forces.

Gunmen torch NATO trucks, kill one in Balochistan

QUETTA: A man was killed and another injured in separate attacks on trucks carrying supplies for NATO forces Afghanistan. The attacks came in Khuzdar and Kalat districts of Balochistan on the main Quetta-Khuzdar highway on Friday.
According to details, unidentified attackers opened indiscriminate fire on a trailer carrying NATO supplies in Baghbana area of Khuzdar. As a result, the driver was killed and his 13-year-old cleaner was seriously injured. The assailants set the vehicle

US drones kill 9 Taliban in North Waziristan

Two suspected US missile strikes have killed nine people in North Waziristan, intelligence and security officials said on Friday.
One strike on Friday evening in the town of Mohammad Khel killed four Taliban and a second in Datta Khel killed five, two officials said.
In the second strike, a US drone fired two missiles on a militant compound in Charkhel village, in the Dattakhel area, 25 kilometres west of Miranshah, security officials said.
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