Islamist militant attacks are on the rise in Pakistan

By The Associated Press
Published: December 1, 2008


A fire set by rioters rages at a timber market in Karachi, Pakistan, on Sunday. Paramilitary troops patrolled the streets of Karachi.AP PHOTO

PESHAWAR, Pakistan — Six Pakistani security officers and two suspected militants were killed Sunday in new violence close to the Afghan border, police said.

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Also Sunday, paramilitary troops patrolled the streets of Pakistan’s largest city, Karachi, following fighting between ethnic and political gangs that left 16 people dead.

Pakistan is undergoing a surge in attacks by Islamist militants based in the wild, tribal regions in the northwest, from where they also stage attacks on Western troops in neighboring Afghanistan.

Militants in Bannu town attacked a security post, killing three officers. Two of the attackers also died.


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