Friday, March 2, 2012

Heavy Fighting Reported In Pakistan's Frontier Regions


At Least 85 Killed In Afghan Border Region Attacks -- FOX News/AP

PESHAWAR, Pakistan – A suicide bomber attacked the headquarters of a rival insurgent group in northwest Pakistan on Friday, killing 23 of its supporters in an outbreak of factional fighting, an official said.

Elsewhere in the Afghan border region, fighting between security forces and militants claimed the lives of 41 others, an especially deadly day that showed the level of instability 10 years after the U.S.-led invasion of Afghanistan heralded the unrest.

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More News On Today's Fighting In Pakistan's Frontier Region

Scores Are Killed as Pakistan Battles Militant Groups -- New York Times
Seventy dead in NW Pakistan violence: official -- DAWN/AFP
Over 70 people killed in attacks across NW Pakistan -- Press TV
Pakistan Khyber clash kills at least 33, officials say -- Reuters
At least 10 troops, 23 militants dead in Pakistan clash -- AFP
73 killed in violence in Pakistan tribal belt -- DNA India
Mosque attack, clashes kill 55 -- Courier Mail/AFP
Suicide bomber hits Pakistan militant base; 23 dead -- USA Today/AP

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