Posts Tagged ‘ Taliban ’

EU-Chefbeobachter zur Wahl in Pakistan – Taliban-Terror: "Es gibt konkrete Todesdrohungen"

May 11, 2013
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EU-Chefbeobachter zur Wahl in Pakistan – Taliban-Terror: "Es gibt konkrete Todesdrohungen"

86 Millionen Pakistani sind heute aufgerufen, ein neues Parlament zu wählen. Der Wahlkampf verlief blutig, auch am Wahltag explodieren Bomben. Der Chefbeobachter der Wahlaufsichtsbehörde der EU spricht im FOCUS-Online-Interview über das Historische an der Wahl – und über die Gefahren.FOCUS Online: Die Parlamentswahl in Pakistan 2013 gehört zu den blutigsten in der Geschichte. Wie bewerten…

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Pakistanis defy violence in historic election

May 11, 2013
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Pakistanis defy violence in historic election

Pakistani women line up to enter a polling station and cast their ballots, on the outskirts of Islamabad, Pakistan, Saturday, May 11, 2013. Pakistanis streamed to the polls Saturday to vote in a historic election pitting a cricket star-turned-politician against an unpopular incumbent and a two-time prime minister, but twin bombings killing nine people and…

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US panel: Afghans need more religious freedom

April 30, 2013
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US panel: Afghans need more religious freedom

FILE - In this Sunday, March 31, 2013 file photo, an Afghan police man offers evening prayers on a hill overlooking Kabul, Afghanistan. As the country braces for next year's presidential election and the planned withdrawal of most foreign combat troops by the end of 2014, the panel urges the U.S. government and its allies…

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Suicide bomber kills 6 in northwest Pakistan

April 29, 2013
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Suicide bomber kills 6 in northwest Pakistan

An injured Pakistani girl cries while getting medical treatment at a local hospital following a bomb blast, in Peshawar, Pakistan on Sunday, April 28, 2013. Pakistani Taliban detonated bombs at the campaign offices of two politicians in the country's northwest on Sunday, police said, killing many people in an escalation of attacks on secular, left-leaning…

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Taliban announce start of spring offensive

April 27, 2013
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Taliban announce start of spring offensive

Afghan men surround a burned bus after it collided with the wreckage of a truck that was attacked by Taliban insurgents in Maiwand district, on the highway between Kandahar and Helmand, Afghanistan, Friday, April 26, 2013. Scores of people aboard the bus were killed in the fiery crash, officials said. (AP Photo/Abdul Khaliq Kandahari)Afghan men…

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Taliban capture 11 foreigners in Afghanistan

April 22, 2013
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Taliban capture 11 foreigners in Afghanistan

A taxi tries to make its way through a sandstorm that obscures the city of Kanadahar, Afghanistan, Sunday April 21, 2013. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus)A taxi tries to make its way through a sandstorm that obscures the city of Kanadahar, Afghanistan, Sunday April 21, 2013. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus)Buy AP Photo Reprints KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The…

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Taliban attacks kill 9 people in Afghanistan

April 21, 2013
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Taliban attacks kill 9 people in Afghanistan

Buy AP Photo Reprints KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Insurgents killed six police officers at a checkpoint and a suicide bomber killed three civilians at a shopping bazaar in separate attacks Sunday in eastern Afghanistan, while an independent security group warned 2013 is on track to be one of the most violent years of the war.April…

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Pakistan’s Musharraf lashes out after arrest

April 19, 2013
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Pakistan’s Musharraf lashes out after arrest

In this Monday, April 15, 2013 photo, Pakistan's former President and military ruler Pervez Musharraf addresses his party supporters at his house in Islamabad, Pakistan. Police arrested former Pakistani military ruler Pervez Musharraf overnight at his home in the capital, where he had holed up following a dramatic escape from court to avoid being detained,…

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+++ Ticker zu Boston-Anschlägen +++ – New York schickt erfahrene Ermittler nach Boston

April 16, 2013
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+++ Ticker zu Boston-Anschlägen +++ – New York schickt erfahrene Ermittler nach Boston

Boston ist zum Ziel von zwei Bombenanschlägen geworden. Drei Menschen starben, darunter ein Kind. Die Täter wählten den Zieleinlauf des Marathons als Tatort. Zunächst gab er sich bedeckt, inzwischen spricht auch US-Präsident Obama von einem Terrorakt. Die Entwicklung der Ereignisse im Ticker.+++ Zwei Bomben explodierten beim Zieleinlauf des Marathons ++++++ Drei Menschen gestorben, darunter ein…

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Pakistani Taliban target secular party, kill 1

April 14, 2013
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Pakistani Taliban target secular party, kill 1

Buy AP Photo Reprints MINGORA, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistani Taliban attacked two leaders of an anti-militant political party on Sunday in northwest Pakistan, killing one and wounding another in the latest attack targeting members of secular-leaning parties during their campaigns for next month's parliamentary election.In the first incident, Mukarram Shah was killed in an explosion…

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