http://www.mail.com/locations/23436-peshawar.html Mail.com - the best personalized free web-based Email en en http://sec-s.uicdn.com/mail.com/2.28/img/mailcom_logo_rss.png http://www.mail.com/locations/23436-peshawar.html http://www.mail.com/news/us/2104862-pakistan-arrested-american-who-was-killed-drone.html PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — An American citizen killed in a U.S. drone strike in Pakistan in 2011 was arrested by Pakistani authorities three years earlier but escaped after being released on bail, officials said Thursday. The Obama administration revealed Wednesday that Jude Kenan Mohammad died in a U.S. drone strike in Pakistan's tribal region, making him... Thu, 23 May 2013 16:42:53 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/2104862-pakistan-arrested-american-who-was-killed-drone.html 2013-05-23T16:42:53Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2092744-bombs-mosques-northwest-pakistan-kill-15.html PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — Bombs that exploded outside two mosques in a village in northwestern Pakistan killed at least 15 people Friday, underlining the challenge of militant violence facing a new government set to take power under the leadership of former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif. The blasts at the two Sunni Muslim mosques also wounded 70 people, sai... Fri, 17 May 2013 16:38:01 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2092744-bombs-mosques-northwest-pakistan-kill-15.html 2013-05-17T16:38:01Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2073262-hard-line-islamists-to-gains-pakistan-vote.html MARDAN, Pakistan (AP) — The imposing, black-bearded politician in a striking white turban takes the stage at a campaign rally in northwest Pakistan as a song about Islamic holy war blares over loudspeakers. Before a chanting crowd, he praises the Afghan Taliban and blasts Pakistan's government for not protecting Osama bin Laden from U.S. commandos. Maulan... Thu, 09 May 2013 06:21:02 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2073262-hard-line-islamists-to-gains-pakistan-vote.html 2013-05-09T06:21:02Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2070932-pakistans-imran-khan-3-fractured-vertebrae.html LAHORE, Pakistan (AP) — Prominent Pakistani politician Imran Khan is expected to make a full recovery despite fracturing three vertebrae and a rib in a dramatic fall at a political rally, his doctor said Wednesday. Khan, a former cricket legend whose party is a leading contender in this week's national elections, toppled about 5 meters (15 feet) off a for... Wed, 08 May 2013 16:40:18 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2070932-pakistans-imran-khan-3-fractured-vertebrae.html 2013-05-08T16:40:18Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2067834-bombing-connected-to-election-kill-18-pakistan.html PARACHINAR, Pakistan (AP) — Three bombings in northwest Pakistan targeting individuals involved in this week's national elections killed 18 people, police said, pushing the death toll from attacks on candidates and party workers to over 100 since the beginning of April. Two of Tuesday's attacks targeted candidates from Islamist parties, indicating a new t... Wed, 08 May 2013 04:15:35 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2067834-bombing-connected-to-election-kill-18-pakistan.html 2013-05-08T04:15:35Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2052894-pakistan-court-bans-musharraf-office-life.html PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — A Pakistani court on Tuesday banned former military ruler Pervez Musharraf from running for public office for the rest of his life, the latest blow since he returned from exile last month to make a political comeback. The ban came as Pakistan's powerful army chief pledged in a rare speech that the military would do everything in ... Tue, 30 Apr 2013 18:18:13 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2052894-pakistan-court-bans-musharraf-office-life.html 2013-04-30T18:18:13Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2050340-pakistan-suicide-bomber-targeting-police-kills-10.html PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — A suicide bomber targeting police killed at least 10 people in northwestern Pakistan on Monday, including the son and nephew of an Afghan official involved in peace negotiations with the Taliban, authorities said. The bomber was riding a motorcycle and detonated his explosives as the police patrol drove by in Peshawar, said city ... Mon, 29 Apr 2013 16:29:36 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2050340-pakistan-suicide-bomber-targeting-police-kills-10.html 2013-04-29T16:29:36Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2046090-bomb-kills-9-pakistan-political-party-office.html KARACHI, Pakistan (AP) — A bomb exploded on Friday near the office of a main Pakistan political party that had received threats from the Taliban, killing nine people in the latest attack in the run-up to next month's parliamentary election. As the election approaches, militant groups have increasingly been attacking liberal, secular parties such as the on... Fri, 26 Apr 2013 20:15:47 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2046090-bomb-kills-9-pakistan-political-party-office.html 2013-04-26T20:15:47Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2044774-bomb-pakistan-kills-5-political-office.html KARACHI, Pakistan (AP) — A bomb exploded outside an election office of one of Pakistan's main political parties Thursday evening, killing five people in the latest attack ahead of the nation's May 11 elections. As the election approaches, militant groups have increasingly been attacking liberal, secular parties such as the one targeted Thursday in the por... Thu, 25 Apr 2013 19:16:28 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2044774-bomb-pakistan-kills-5-political-office.html 2013-04-25T19:16:28Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2035132-taliban-threat-skew-pakistan-election-result.html PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — Moderate politicians from some of Pakistan's most violent areas are risking the threat of Taliban attack to run in upcoming nationwide elections, but they are increasingly being forced to rely on social media, phone calls and even short documentaries that allow them to campaign at a distance. That could give hard-line Islamic can... Sun, 21 Apr 2013 18:44:22 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2035132-taliban-threat-skew-pakistan-election-result.html 2013-04-21T18:44:22Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2022680-pakistans-musharraf-disqualified-election.html PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — High court judges disqualified former military ruler Pervez Musharraf from Pakistan's parliamentary election, likely ending any hope of a political comeback. Musharraf has faced paltry public support, a raft of legal challenges and Taliban death threats since he returned to Pakistan last month after years in self-imposed exile. M... Wed, 17 Apr 2013 04:40:40 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2022680-pakistans-musharraf-disqualified-election.html 2013-04-17T04:40:40Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2017474-bomb-planted-bus-kills-8-passengers-pakistan.html PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — A bomb planted in a bus killed at least eight passengers and wounded seven others in northwestern Pakistan on Saturday, police said. The explosion happened when the bus was passing through a crowded bazar on its way from Peshawar to a nearby town, police official Fazal Wahid Khan said. He said the dead and injured included women ... Sat, 13 Apr 2013 12:11:13 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2017474-bomb-planted-bus-kills-8-passengers-pakistan.html 2013-04-13T12:11:13Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2010076-gunmen-kill-pakistani-policeman-polio-drive.html PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — Gunmen shot to death a policeman protecting a team of female polio workers in northwestern Pakistan on Wednesday, the latest in a series of attacks on people working on the U.N.-backed vaccination campaign, police said. No group has claimed responsibility for the attacks but suspicion has fallen on Islamic militants. Some have vo... Wed, 10 Apr 2013 10:26:18 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2010076-gunmen-kill-pakistani-policeman-polio-drive.html 2013-04-10T10:26:18Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2004752-30-pakistani-soldiers-killed-northwest-valley.html PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — Four days of fierce fighting in northwestern Pakistan left 30 soldiers and nearly 100 militants dead as the army attempted to wrestle control of a remote, mountainous valley from the Taliban and their allies, military officials said Monday. The army launched its offensive in the Tirah Valley on Friday after weeks of fighting betw... Mon, 08 Apr 2013 18:43:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2004752-30-pakistani-soldiers-killed-northwest-valley.html 2013-04-08T18:43:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1992290-militants-kills-7-kidnap-4-attack-pakistan.html PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — Several dozen militants armed with assault rifles and rocket-propelled grenades attacked a power grid station in northwestern Pakistan before dawn Tuesday, killing seven people and taking four hostage, police said. The attack on the outskirts of Peshawar city occurred at around 2 a.m., said the local police chief in the area, Gra... Tue, 02 Apr 2013 12:47:32 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1992290-militants-kills-7-kidnap-4-attack-pakistan.html 2013-04-02T12:47:32Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1989094-bomb-pakistan-hits-politicians-convoy-kills-2.html BANNU, Pakistan (AP) — Taliban militants attacked the election motorcade of a secularist-backed politician with a roadside bomb on Sunday, wounding him and killing two of his supporters, police and the militant group said. It was the latest attack by militants against figures associated with the Awami National Party. Both the ANP and the Taliban have stro... Sun, 31 Mar 2013 08:47:07 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1989094-bomb-pakistan-hits-politicians-convoy-kills-2.html 2013-03-31T08:47:07Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1986132-angry-lawyer-throws-shoe-pakistans-musharraf.html KARACHI, Pakistan (AP) — An angry lawyer threw a shoe at former President Pervez Musharraf as he headed to court in southern Pakistan on Friday to face legal charges following his return to the country after four years in self-imposed exile, police said. Meanwhile, a Taliban suicide bomber on a bicycle attacked the convoy of a paramilitary police commande... Fri, 29 Mar 2013 10:02:51 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1986132-angry-lawyer-throws-shoe-pakistans-musharraf.html 2013-03-29T10:02:51Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1969332-car-bomb-pakistani-refugee-camp-kills-13.html PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — A car packed with explosives blew up inside a refugee camp on Thursday, killing 13 people in an attack that underscored the intensity of the conflict between the government and militants in northwestern Pakistan where refugees are sometimes caught in the middle of the fighting. The Taliban have been waging a bloody insurgency aga... Thu, 21 Mar 2013 18:12:56 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1969332-car-bomb-pakistani-refugee-camp-kills-13.html 2013-03-21T18:12:56Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1961952-pakistani-taliban-withdraw-peace-talk-offer.html PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — The Pakistani Taliban on Monday withdrew their offer of holding peace talks with the government, saying that the authorities were not serious about following through with negotiations. The Taliban statement came as a pair of suicide bombers attacked a court complex in the northwestern city of Peshawar. The Taliban claimed respons... Mon, 18 Mar 2013 19:14:32 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1961952-pakistani-taliban-withdraw-peace-talk-offer.html 2013-03-18T19:14:32Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1959014-24-soldiers-killed-road-accident-pakistan.html ABBOTTABAD, Pakistan (AP) — A bus carrying Pakistani soldiers slid off a mountainous road and fell into a deep ravine in the country's northwest on Saturday, killing 24 and injuring five others, officials said. Senior government official Aqil Badshah said the bus was going from the garrison city of Rawalpindi to the northern town of Gilgit when the accide... Sat, 16 Mar 2013 05:51:44 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1959014-24-soldiers-killed-road-accident-pakistan.html 2013-03-16T05:51:44Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1948162-suicide-bomber-kills-2-northwestern-pakistan.html PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — A suicide bomber blew himself up near a police van in northwestern Pakistan on Tuesday, killing at least two people, police said. Local police official Zaheer Khan said 10 people were also wounded in the attack in the district of Bannu in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province bordering Afghanistan. Initial reports suggested the attacke... Tue, 12 Mar 2013 11:48:07 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1948162-suicide-bomber-kills-2-northwestern-pakistan.html 2013-03-12T11:48:07Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1942718-mob-torches-dozens-pakistani-christian-homes.html LAHORE, Pakistan (AP) — Hundreds of people in eastern Pakistan rampaged through a Christian neighborhood Saturday, torching dozens of homes after hearing reports that a Christian man had committed blasphemy against Islam's prophet. Blasphemy is a serious crime in Pakistan that can carry the death penalty but sometimes outraged residents exact their own re... Sat, 09 Mar 2013 17:04:36 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1942718-mob-torches-dozens-pakistani-christian-homes.html 2013-03-09T17:04:36Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1909820-talk-peace-with-pakistan-taliban-angers-victims.html PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — Hazratullah Khan, who lost his right leg below the knee in a car bombing, answers immediately when asked whether the Pakistani government should hold peace talks with Taliban leaders responsible for attacks like the one that maimed him. "Hang them alive," said the 14-year-old, who survived the explosion on his way home from schoo... Sat, 23 Feb 2013 13:55:47 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1909820-talk-peace-with-pakistan-taliban-angers-victims.html 2013-02-23T13:55:47Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1905244-police-bomb-blast-pakistani-mall-kills-1.html PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistani police say a bomb blast inside a shopping mall in the country's northwest has killed at least one person and wounded 12 people. Senior police officer Gohar Khan says Thursday's bombing targeted shops selling mobile phones in the Hashat Nagri neighborhood in the city of Peshawar. He says the dead and the wounded were tak... Thu, 21 Feb 2013 08:30:43 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1905244-police-bomb-blast-pakistani-mall-kills-1.html 2013-02-21T08:30:43Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1898732-thousands-shiites-protest-89-killed-pakistan.html QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) — At least 15,000 Shiite Muslims took to the streets in southwest Pakistan on Monday in a second day of protests following a bombing that killed 89 people. Relatives of the victims refused to bury their loved ones until the army takes action against the militants targeting the minority sect. Meanwhile, militants wearing suicide vests... Mon, 18 Feb 2013 15:25:34 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1898732-thousands-shiites-protest-89-killed-pakistan.html 2013-02-18T15:25:34Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1893838-pakistani-tribesmen-pushing-taliban-to-talk-peace.html PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — Five years after setting up an umbrella organization to unite violent militant groups in the nation's tribal regions, the Pakistani Taliban is fractured, strapped for cash and losing support of local tribesmen frustrated by a protracted war that has forced thousands from their homes, analysts and residents say. The temperamental ... Fri, 15 Feb 2013 18:22:16 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1893838-pakistani-tribesmen-pushing-taliban-to-talk-peace.html 2013-02-15T18:22:16Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1891016-politicians-talk-peace-pakistan-taliban-kill-18.html PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — Politicians called for peace talks with the Pakistani Taliban on Thursday, as the group killed 18 people in a pair of bombings in the country's northwest on a police post and a vehicle carrying anti-Taliban militiamen. The call for peace negotiations followed a meeting by many of the country's main political parties in the capita... Thu, 14 Feb 2013 15:21:38 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1891016-politicians-talk-peace-pakistan-taliban-kill-18.html 2013-02-14T15:21:38Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1891734-valentines-day-under-attack-pakistan.html ISLAMABAD (AP) — Romance is not dead in Pakistan, but it's under attack. Conservatives in Pakistan tacked up posters urging people to boycott Valentine's Day on Thursday, saying it's a western-inspired event that's spreading vulgarity in their country. Romantics fought back with an arsenal of flowers, pink teddy bears and heart-shaped balloons. ... Thu, 14 Feb 2013 14:29:15 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1891734-valentines-day-under-attack-pakistan.html 2013-02-14T14:29:15Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1883846-pakistani-taliban-warn-shops-to-sell-viagra.html PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — The head of a trade association for a large market in northwestern Pakistan says the Taliban have warned shopkeepers not to sell sex-related drugs like Viagra, or obscene films. Shamsher Khan Afridi says he received a text message from the Pakistani Taliban on Saturday with the warning. Afridi said Monday that he distributed a pa... Mon, 11 Feb 2013 17:06:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1883846-pakistani-taliban-warn-shops-to-sell-viagra.html 2013-02-11T17:06:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1815520-pakistani-shiites-refuse-to-bury-50-bomb-victims.html QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) — About 3,500 Pakistani Shiites protested in southwestern Pakistan for a second day on Saturday, blocking a main road with dozens of coffins of relatives killed in explosions to demand better security from the government. Police in the city of Quetta had earlier said that the protest had ended, but a prominent Shiite leader Ibrahim H... Sat, 12 Jan 2013 10:38:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1815520-pakistani-shiites-refuse-to-bury-50-bomb-victims.html 2013-01-12T10:38:00Z