Mohmand Agency... Named for the Mohmand clan of the Sarban Pahstuns, a truculent, quarrelsome lot. In Pakistain, the Mohmands infest their eponymous Agency, metastasizing as far as the plains of Peshawar, Charsadda, and Mardan. Mohmands are also scattered throughout Pakistan in urban areas including Karachi, Lahore, and Quetta. In Afghanistan they are mainly found in Nangarhar and Kunar...
on Wednesday morning, officials said.
They said that Malik Aurangzeb was on going from his home to Ghalanai on foot when he was targeted with a remote-controlled bomb. He was injured in the blast, they added.
The injured tribal elder was shifted to Leady Reading Hospital 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.
for treatment. The security forces launched a search operation in the area after the incident and enjugged
Please don't kill me!
scores of rustics.
In Bajaur Agency, aka Turban Central
...Smallest of the agencies in FATA. The Agency administration is located in Khar. Bajaur is inhabited almost exclusively by Tarkani Pashtuns, which are divided into multiple bickering subtribes. Its 52 km border border with Afghanistan's Kunar Province makes it of strategic importance to Pakistain's strategic depth..., a pro-government tribal elder and close relative of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa
... formerly NWFP, still Terrorism Central...
governor escaped unhurt when a remote-controlled bomb went
kaboom!near his car in Neeiage area on Tuesday evening.
Officials said that Malik Dawood Khan along with his son and gunman was going in a car from Khar to his village Neeiage when a remote-controlled bomb went off near his car. He narrowly escaped the attack.
People of the area, members of peace committees and Bajaur Levies rushed the spot soon after the incident and launched a search operation but the saboteurs managed to escape. Malik Dawood, 44, is a close relative of Governor Eng Shaukatullah Khan. He has survived several attacks by Death Eaters in the past.
Meanwhile,
...back at the hoedown, the fiddler suddenly struck a sour note. The dancing stopped abruptly. Everyone looked at Bob...
security forces and Bajaur Levies arrested several suspected persons in different areas of Khar during a search operation on Wednesday.
An official said that the search operation was conducted in the areas after receiving information from members of village defence committee about presence of suspected persons.
In Mansehra
...
a city and an eponymous district in eastern Khyber-Pakthunwa, nestled snug up against Pak Kashmir, with Kohistan and Diamir to the north and Abbottabad to the south..., police seized three improvised bombs (IEDs) and other material, which could be used in carrying out an act of terrorism in the district.
The residents of Hafiz Bandi village informed police that someone had placed two bags full of explosives and other material at the roadside.
A police party along with bomb disposal squad reached the spot and defused two hand grenades and seized the explosives and other material.