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61 killed, 150 injured in Taliban suicide attack at mosque in Peshawar

A Taliban suicide bomber blew himself up in a mosque packed with worshippers during afternoon prayers on Monday in the high-security zone in Pakistan's restive northwestern Peshawar city, killing at least 46 people and wounding more than 150 others, mostly policemen, officials said. The powerful blast occurred inside the mosque in the Police Lines area around 1.40 pm when worshippers, which included personnel of the police, army and bomb disposal squad - were offering the Zuhr (afternoon) prayers. The bomber who was present in the front row blew himself up, causing the roof to collapse on the worshippers, officials said. Lady Reading Hospital officials said 46 people have died and 157 others injured. There were mostly policemen and security officials among the dead and injured. The Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), known as the Pakistani Taliban, claimed responsibility for the suicide attack, saying it was part of a revenge attack for slain TTP commander Umar Khalid Khurasani who w

Multiple people injured in explosion in Peshawar mosque: Officials

At least 50 people were injured when a suicide attacker blew himself up at a mosque here in the capital of Pakistan's restive province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on Monday, officials said. The blast occurred near the Police Lines area around 1.40 pm when the Zuhr prayers were being offered, the Dawn newspaper reported. According to security officials, the suicide attacker was present in the front row during the prayers when he exploded himself, injuring dozens of people offering prayers. The injured are being shifted to the Lady Reading Hospital in Peshawar, the officials said. Hospital sources said 13 of those injured were in a critical condition. An emergency has been imposed in the locality and the area has been cordoned off.

Suicide bomb blast leaves 2 dead, 9 injured in Pakistan's northwest

Two persons, including a soldier, were killed and nine others wounded in a suicide blast in Pakistan's restive Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province bordering Afghanistan, the military said on Thursday. The blast took place in Miranshah town in North Waziristan. The Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) in a statement said that a soldier and a civilian were killed in the blast. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack, but the remote border area is a former stronghold of the Pakistani Taliban. With the Taliban taking control of neighbouring Afghanistan, incidents of terror have increased in Balochistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa provinces. Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has strongly condemned the incident. Expressing his grief and sorrow over the lives lost in the incident, he said: Those carrying out suicide attacks on Muslims cannot be Muslims.

Suicide bombing at Indonesian police station kills officer, hurts 7 others

A man blew himself up on Wednesday at a police station on Indonesia's main island of Java in what appeared to be the latest in a string of suicide attacks in the world's most populous Muslim nation. Bandung City Police Chief Aswin Sipayung said a man entered the Astana Anyar police station with a motorcycle and detonated explosives as police were lining up for morning assembly. West Java Police spokesperson Ibrahim Tompo said the man was entering the station when he detonated his explosive, instantly killing himself and an officer. He said six other officers and a civilian were rushed to a nearby hospital with injuries. Police are still investigating the attack in West Java's Bandung city and whether the man, who has not been identified, had links to radical groups. A video that circulated on social media showed body parts scattered near the damaged lobby of the police station. Television reports showed white smoke billowing from the building and people running in panic subsequent

19 killed, 27 wounded in suicide bombing near Kabul's Shiite area: Official

A Taliban-appointed spokesman for the Kabul police chief says 19 people were killed and 27 were wounded in a suicide bombing in a Shiite area of the Afghan capital. Khalid Zadran, the spokesman, says the explosion in the Dashti Barchi neighbourhood of Kabul took place on Friday morning. The area is populated mostly by members of Afghanistan's minority Shiite community. No one immediately claimed responsibility for the attack. The Islamic State group the chief rival of the Taliban since their takeover of Afghanistan in August 2021 has in the past targeted the Hazara community.

Central agencies 'seriously' looking into Al-Qaeda suicide attack threat

"Security personnel have been instructed to report to the concerned department soon after noticing any suspicious activity," the agency said

Weed out root causes, save CPEC: China warns Pakistan after suicide bombing

China has been concerned about attacks which indicate that the militants' strategy was evolving as the attackers appeared ready to adopt "fidayeen" tactics

Taliban suicide bomber blows himself up in Pakistan; 3 killed, 20 injured

The banned Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) claimed responsibility for the attack

Suicide bomb hits Palm Sunday Mass in Indonesia, at least 20 injured

Two attackers blew themselves up outside a packed Roman Catholic cathedral during a Palm Sunday Mass on Indonesia's Sulawesi island, wounding at least 20 people, police said.

At least 34 killed in Afghanistan in two separate suicide bombings

Afghan officials said at least 34 people were killed in two separate suicide bombings that targeted a military base and a provincial chief

Nine killed in Afghan suicide bombing amid Taliban talks: Report

An Afghan official says at least nine people including four civilians were killed when a suicide car bomber attacked a military checkpoint in southern Afghanistan

Two Iraq suicide bombers kill 11 fighters loyal to Shiite cleric Sadr

In late 2017, Iraq declared victory over the jihadist group, but its sleeper cells continue to carry out attacks across the country

Suicide bomber detonates inside govt building in east Afghanistan: Official

Casualties are feared in what is the latest violence to hit the war-torn country

At least 21 killed, 50 injured in suicide bomb attack on market in Pakistan

Officials said that 21 people have been killed and 50 others injured in the blast

Suicide bomber kills 19 in Afghanistan, Hindus and Sikhs among the dead

The attacker struck a market located hundreds of metres from the provincial governor's compound where Ghani was holding meetings, governor spokesman Attaullah Khogyani told AFP

Suicide bombing in north Cameroon kills 3, injures several

A young man suspected to be from Nigeria detonated his explosives on Sunday morning at a Cameroon market