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| Attack on police kills two in Peshawar |
| 2013-06-07 |
| [BETA.DAWN] Two coppers were killed and as many injured in a remote controlled kaboom on a patrolling police party 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. 's Daudzai Police Station jurisdiction on Thursday. The Daudzai Police station officials confirmed that the police party was on routine patrolling when they came under attack with a remote controlled bomb in Neora area of Daudzai. "Two cops have died and as many injured in the attack which appeared to be carried out by a remote controlled IED," police official Fazl Jan said. The security forces have started combing the areas surrounding the kaboom site. Meanwhile, ...back at the wrecked scow, a single surviver held tightly to the smashed prow... a rocket fried from the restive tribal areas landed near the Peshawar airport. However, it was a brave man who first ate an oyster... no loss of lives is reported. The Pishtakhara police said the rocket fired from an unknown location has landed inside the airport in the trees without causing any loss of life or property. Peshawar is the gateway to Pakistain's troubled northwestern tribal region along the Afghan border, where Pak troops have for years been locked in deadly battles with domestic hard boys. There was no immediate claim of responsibility, but Pak Taliban have frequently targeted police and security forces with bomb and gun attacks as part of a five-year insurgency mostly concentrated in the northwest. |
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