Reuters AlertNet Full site
Homepage | Newsdesk | NGO Latest | Crisis briefings | Country profiles | MediaWatch | Jobs | Alerting | Login

NEWSDESK

FACTBOX-Security developments in Pakistan, Jan 7
07 Jan 2009 08:38:18 GMT
Source: Reuters
Jan 7 (Reuters) - Following are security developments in Pakistan at 0830 GMT on Wednesday.

* Denotes new or updated developments

HANGU - Militants killed three policemen and abducted three others in an attack on a security post in the northwestern town of Hangu early on Wednesday, senior police official Sajjad Khan said.

Authorities imposed a curfew in the town as minority Shi'ite Muslims prepared to observe Ashura, the ritual period of mourning marking the anniversary of the death of the Prophet Mohammad's grandson. Sectarian violence is common in Hangu.

* MIRANSHAH - Militants killed two Afghans accused of spying for U.S. forces in Afghanistan and dumped their bodies by a road in Mir Ali town in the North Waziristan region on the Afghan border, a security official and residents said.

* MOHMAND - Four people, including a woman and two children, were wounded when a mortar bomb fired by security forces in response to a militant attack on a checkpoint, fell on their house in the Mohmand region on the Afghan border, residents and a government official said. (Compiled by Islamabad bureau; Editing by Robert Birsel and David Fox)


AlertNet news is provided by

Email this article       Send comments

Emergencies

•  Pakistan violence

MORE >>

NGO latest

•  "Top Ten" humanitarian crises reveal growing insecurity, neglected health needs
MSF International

•  ACT Appeal: Balochistan Earthquake Assistance, Pakistan
ACT - Switzerland

•  Countries struggling to slow increase in child hunger
Save the Children - International Alliance

•  New Guidance on Safe Cooking Fuel for Households in Humanitarian Settings Secures International Endorsement
Women's Commission - USA

•  Survivors of Pakistan earthquake face harsh winter
Red Cross - UK

MORE >>

Latest news

•  FACTBOX-Security developments in Pakistan, Jan 7

•  SCENARIOS-What next after India presents Mumbai evidence?

•  Gates projects Pentagon needs $70 bln more for wars

•  Bin Laden thwarted in terrorism goals -US official

•  Afghans, Pakistan fight militants together-Zardari

MORE >>
AlertNet news is provided by

Del.icio.us Del.icio.us  |   Digg Digg  |   NewsVine NewsVine  |   Reddit Reddit   
Thumb for /thefacts/imagerepository/RTRPICT/2009-01-06T175157Z_01_DEL50_RTRIDSP_2_INDIA-PAKISTAN_mainimage.jpg|/thenews/pictures/DEL50.htm
Thumb for /thefacts/imagerepository/RTRPICT/2009-01-03T121902Z_01_ISL04_RTRIDSP_2_PAKISTAN_mainimage.jpg|/thenews/pictures/ISL04.htm
Thumb for /thefacts/imagerepository/RTRPICT/2009-01-03T121708Z_01_ISL03_RTRIDSP_2_PAKISTAN_mainimage.jpg|/thenews/pictures/ISL03.htm
Thumb for /thefacts/imagerepository/RTRPICT/2009-01-03T121553Z_01_ISL02_RTRIDSP_2_PAKISTAN_mainimage.jpg|/thenews/pictures/ISL02.htm
Thumb for /thefacts/imagerepository/RTRPICT/2009-01-02T160641Z_01_ISL14_RTRIDSP_2_PAKISTAN-AFGHAN_mainimage.jpg|/thenews/pictures/ISL14.htm

India's Prime Minister Manmohan Singh (R) and Foreign Minister Pranab Mukherjee attend a conference of chief ministers of Indian states on internal security in New Delhi January 6, 2009. Singh accused ...



Disclaimers |  Copyright |  Privacy |  Contact Us |  Feedback |  About Us |  RSS XML

Last updated:Wed Jan 7 08:40:38 2009