Peshawar
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Two injured in Peshawar blast...to officials in the bomb disposal squad, the explosives, weighing two kg, was planted on roadside to target the police vehicle. Peshawar has witnessed a series of terror attacks since early October that have claimed over 240 lives and... In this article: Peshawar, Islam, Taliban, Lady Reading Hospital, and Afghanistan |
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BBC News | 3 days ago
Three injured in Peshawar blast
Two policemen and an 11-year-old girl have been injured in a roadside bomb blast in the north-western Pakistani city of Peshawar, police say. The remote-controlled device targeted a police station chief who was travelling through the...
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New Kerala | 3 days ago
Several injured in Peshawar car bomb blast
Peshawar, Nov.26 : Several persons were injured in a car bomb blast which occurred near a private school in Charsadda area of Peshawar early on Thursday morning. Security officials cordoned off the region and injured were admitted to...
In this article: Car bomb, Pakistan Army, Taliban, and Swat, Pakistan
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NWFP minister blames 'foreign hands' for string of blasts in Peshawar
...Frontier Province (NWFP) Information Minister Mian Iftikhar Hussain has blamed 'foreign hands' for the recent wave of terror attacks in Peshawar. Addressing a press conference here, Hussain said the series of bomb blasts that have rocked...
In this article: The Daily Times, Blackwater, Islamabad, and US
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L.A. Times - Middle East | November 20, 2009
Pakistan suicide bomber kills 19 at Peshawar courthouse
...offensive in South Waziristan. A man injured in the suicide bombing in the Pakistani city of Peshawar is rushed to the hospital. The city has borne the brunt of violent attacks launched in retaliation for a military offensive against...
In this article: Pakistan, Taliban, Suicide, Islamabad, Car bomb, Al Qaeda, and Lady Reading Hospital
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washingtonpost.com | November 19, 2009
World Digest: Separate blasts kill 21 in Pakistani city of Peshawar
...an army offensive near the Afghan border. The bombings brought to eight the number of attacks in less than two weeks in and around Peshawar, the largest city in the northwest and the main gateway to the insurgent-infested frontier...
In this article: Roberto Micheletti, United States, Colombia, Anti-American sentiment, Pakistani army, Uranium, and U.N. Security Council
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Christian Science Monitor | November 19, 2009
Pakistan suicide bomb in Peshawar kills at least 19
...back against an army offensive in the nearby Afghan border region. Pakistan suicide bomb in Peshawar kills at least 19 The suicide bomb near a Peshawar courthouse in Pakistan could have killed more if the attacker had been able to enter...
In this article: Suicide, Pakistan, Yousuf Raza Gilani, Taliban, Pakistani Army, Al Jazeera, and Al Qaeda
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Suicide bomber kills 18 in Pakistan's Peshawar
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (Reuters) - A suicide bomber blew himself up outside a court building in Peshawar on Thursday, killing 18 people, officials said, in the latest of a series of attacks on the northwestern Pakistan city. The city, near the...
In this article: Pakistan, Suicide, Taliban, United States, Taliban insurgency, and Afghanistan
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CNN | November 19, 2009
Bomber detonates near Peshawar court
Suicide attack kills 19 in Pakistan's Peshawar Attack is seventh deadly explosion around Peshawar in less than two weeks Blast occurs when judicial compound is normally crowded There are at least three police and military police...
In this article: Taliban, U.S., Suicide, Pakistan, E mail, and Pakistani intelligence
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Suicide bomber kills 18 in Pakistan's Peshawar
In this article: Pakistan, Suicide, Taliban, United States, Taliban insurgency, and Afghanistan
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Reuters | November 18, 2009
Blast in Pakistani city of Peshawar wounds five
A blast outside a court building in the northwestern Pakistani city of Peshawar on Thursday wounded at least five people, police and hospital officials said. "It happened outside the judicial complex," said police officer Abdul Wali. A...
In this article: Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Reuters
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Peshāwar (پېښور; ; is the capital of the North-West Frontier Province and the administrative centre for the Federally Administered Tribal Areas of Pakistan, founded by the Kushan king Kanishka in the 2nd century AD. The name "Peshawar" derives from Sanskrit Purushapura (meaning "city of men") and is known as Pekhawar or Peshawar in Pashto or Pukhto depending on the dialect and Pishor in the native Hindko language. The area of the city has been ruled by numerous empires including the Afghan, Persian, Shahi, Greek, Maurya, Scythian, Arab, Turk, Mongol, Mughal, Sikh and the British.
In ancient times, a major settlement called Purushpur was established by Kanishka, the king of the Central Asian Kushans, in the general area of modern Peshawar. Purushpur emerged as a major center of Buddhist learning until the 10th century, and was the capital of the ancient Indo-Greek kingdom of Gandhara. During that time, the Kanishka stupa on the outskirts of Peshawar, was the tallest building in the world - rising to almost 700 feet.
The current city was established during the Mughal period in the 16th century by Akbar during which it received the name Peshawar. During much of its history, the city was one of the main trading centres on the ancient Silk Road and was a major crossroads for various cultures between South Asia, Central Asia and the Middle East.
- Name:
- Peshawar
- Local Name:
- پېښور
- Total Area (km):
- 2257
- Elevation (m):
- 510
- Time Zone:
- PST
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