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Bin Laden Fathered 4 Kids While on the Run: Wife

Matt Cantor — Fri, 30 Mar 2012 07:47:44 CDT

During the nine years Osama bin Laden spent in hiding in Pakistan after 9/11, he made his way between five different homes in the country and fathered four children, according to his youngest wife. As recounted by a Pakistani police report, Amal Ahmed Abdulfattah revealed that two of the children...

Swiss Couple Claims to Have Escaped Taliban

Mark Russell — Thu, 15 Mar 2012 13:27:06 CDT

A Swiss couple kidnapped by the Taliban while vacationing in Pakistan last July turned up at a Pakistani army post today. The Taliban say a ransom was paid, but David Och and Daniela Widmer claim they escaped, reports the Christian Science Monitor . The couple had appeared in a Taliban video...

Bomb Kills 15 at Pakistan Funeral

Sun, 11 Mar 2012 05:29:04 CDT

A suicide bomber attacked a funeral attended by an anti-Taliban politician in northwest Pakistan today, killing at least 15 mourners and wounding 30 others, police said. The politician, Khush Dil Khan, escaped unhurt in the blast on the outskirts of Peshawar. Islamist militants are fighting a vicious war against Pakistani...

Taliban Attacks Fellow Pakistani Militants

Kevin Spak — Fri, 02 Mar 2012 08:29:05 CST

The Pakistani militant group Lashkar-e-Islam is sometimes described as part of the broader Taliban movement, but if so there's trouble in paradise. A Taliban suicide bomber reportedly attacked a Lashkar-e-Islam base in the Tirah Valley today, killing 23 people, Pakistani officials tell the AP . It's unknown how many of those...

Deadly Blasts Kill 34 in Pakistan Market

Sun, 12 Jun 2011 05:45:19 CDT

Twin explosions ripped through a market district in Peshawar, northwest Pakistan, earlier today, killing at least 34 people and injuring more than 100. The initial bomb went off in a hotel bathroom from a timed device, say police, but the second was detonated by a suicide bomber on a motorcycle....

Pakistan Forces Kill 54 Militants

Fri, 08 Apr 2011 11:11:05 CDT

Pakistani security forces backed by helicopter gunships and jets killed 54 alleged militants in a much-contested region near the Afghan border, a government official said today. Three troops also died in the clashes. Pakistani troops were doing routine patrolling in the Mohmand tribal region when they came under attack, according...

Pakistan Bomber Kills 31

Thu, 10 Feb 2011 08:59:59 CST

A suicide bomber linked to the Pakistani Taliban attacked soldiers during morning exercises at an army training camp in the northwest today, killing 31 troops and wounding 42 others. There were conflicting accounts about the identity of the bomber: An examination of the body parts at the scene indicated the...

Suicide Bomber Kills 50 at Pakistani Mosque

Kevin Spak — Fri, 05 Nov 2010 09:54:00 CDT

At least 50 people were killed and another 80 wounded in a suicide bombing at a popular mosque in Northwestern Pakistan today, in one of the year’s deadliest attacks. The mosque was probably targeted because it is a frequent meeting place for the leaders of the local anti-Taliban militia, local...

Calif. Man Hunts bin Laden, Armed With Pistol, Sword

Rob Quinn — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 06:00:00 CDT

Pakistan has arrested an American citizen who says he was on a mission to claim Osama bin Laden's head. Gary Brooks Faulkner, a 52-year-old construction worker from California, was found in a forest near the Afghanistan border with a pistol, a dagger, and a 40-inch sword, as well as Christian...