Officials: Violence in Pakistan leaves 8 dead

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Source: Associated Press

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) — A suicide car bomber attacked an army post in northwest Pakistan on Monday, killing at least three people, while violence elsewhere in the region left at least five suspected militants dead.

Pakistan is engaged in a pair of major offensives against militants who use pockets of the northwest to stage attacks on American and NATO forces across the border in Afghanistan. Insurgents have retaliated over the offensives by staging a wave of attacks throughout Pakistan.

The suicide attack Monday happened in Gashkor, a village in the Swat Valley, said police official Ali Rehman. Swat, a former tourist destination, is the scene of one of the two offensives.

The other offensive is focused on Bajur, a tribal region bordering Afghanistan that is a rumored hiding place of al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden.



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[xchrom]

1. recommend

[LeftishBrit]

2. Horrible.

[ohio2007]

3. civil war