Five security personnel die in Taliban raid in Pakistan
March 17th, 2010 - 3:18 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, March 17 (DPA) Three paramilitary soldiers and two policemen were killed Wednesday when Islamist insurgents raided a security post in north-western Pakistan, police said.
One more policeman was wounded in the pre-dawn assault that took place on the outskirts of Peshawar, the capital of North-West Frontier Province.
Zubair Khan, a local police official, said the attackers had come from the adjoining Khyber Agency, one of the seven districts in the militancy-plagued tribal region along the Afghan border.
The attackers opened fire on the post with assault rifles and rocket-propelled grenades, Khan said.
Islamist rebels recently launched a renewed campaign of strikes against civilian and security targets to retaliate against ongoing military offensives in their safe havens in the tribal region.
Last week, more than 100 people died and several dozen were wounded in six suicide bombings and armed raids.
The deadliest was in the eastern city of Lahore, where two suicide bombers detonated explosives near a military convoy on a busy street, killing 60 people and injuring 95.
- Eight Pakistani troops killed in Taliban ambush - Apr 23, 2010
- Pakistani forces repel Taliban attack, 30 insurgents killed - Mar 04, 2010
- Six soldiers, 25 militants killed in Pakistan clashes (Lead) - Mar 31, 2010
- Clashes leave five soldiers, 21 militants dead in Pakistan - Oct 26, 2009
- Pakistani politician survives suicide attack (Second Lead) - Mar 03, 2012
- 18 militants, two soldiers killed in Pakistan (Lead, changing dateline) - Jun 20, 2010
- Over 50 killed in Pakistan fighting (Lead) - Oct 27, 2009
- Clashes in Pakistan kill 40 militants, four soldiers - Apr 12, 2010
- 25 killed, over 170 wounded in Iraq attacks - Mar 20, 2012
- Seven die in Iraq bomb attack - May 22, 2011
- Terrorist, policeman killed in Pakistan gun-battle - Jan 28, 2012
- Pakistani politician escapes bid on life - Mar 03, 2012
- Pakistani politician escapes bid on life (Lead) - Mar 03, 2012
- Suicide bombing outside Pakistan court kills nine (Third lead) - Dec 07, 2009
- Suicide bombing, rocket attacks kill 16 in Pakistan (Night Lead, Changing Dateline) - Oct 16, 2009
Tags: afghan border, assault rifles, dawn assault, frontier province, islamist rebels, khyber agency, military convoy, military offensives, north west frontier, pakistan islamabad, paramilitary soldiers, pre dawn, rocket propelled grenades, safe havens, security post, security targets, suicide bombers, suicide bombings, western pakistan, zubair khan