Two suicide bombers killed at least 61 people and injured an additional 130 when they detonated their explosive devices at the All Saint's Church in Peshawar on Sept. 22, Dawn.com reported.
The Pakistani Taliban have demanded that the Pakistani government release the group's imprisoned members and withdraw troops from its tribal sanctuary before Taliban leaders will agree to meet for talks, a Taliban spokesman said Sept. 15, AP reported.
A Pakistani general and two other soldiers were killed Sept. 15 by the explosion of a roadside bomb in the Upper Dir district near the Afghan border, the Pakistani army said, Reuters reported.
One or more unidentified gunmen shot a senior female police officer in an assassination attempt Sept. 15 as a male relative drove her to work on a motorbike in Lashkar Gah, the capital of Afghanistan's Helmand province, Reuters reported.
India successfully test-fired the Agni-V, the country's longest-range nuclear-capable missile, for the second time in less than 1.5 years on Sept. 15, Indian Defense Ministry sources said, IANS reported.
