At least five people have been killed in a bomb blast at a market near the north-western Pakistani town of Kohat.

The explosion is said to have taken place at a roadside restaurant on the main road linking the towns of Hangu and Kohat.

Peace may be coming to Swat but the restive southwestern town of Hangu has suddenly witnessed three horrifying episodes of violence in two consecutive days. These acts of terror have left the town of Hangu

In one incident, a middle-aged lawyer named.

Several vide shops were ravaged by a group of unidentified armed militants in the southwestern city of Tal in the Hangu district of NWFP. The incident, which took place at midnight on Saturday December 13, invited emergency police action and subsequent...

At least 3 security officers have been killed and 10 injured in two different events in NWFP on Tuesday, November 4, 2008. The major violent attack was made on a security check post in the northwestern town of Hangu, in the locality of Doaba, killing.