Attack on Pakistani lawmaker's home kills 8 (AP)

Courtesy Ytop stories  Mon, 08/25/2008 - 1:20am

In this Aug. 23, 2008 file photo, a Pakistani police officer examines a ruined police station in Charbagh near Mingora, the main town of Pakistan Swatt Valley, after a suicide car bombing taht killed at least six officers.<br /><br />It was the latest in a string of attacks claimed by Taliban militants. Pakistan banned the Taliban on Monday, Aug. 25, 2008 after the militants claimed responsibility for one of the country's worst suicide bombings, a move likely to please the U.S. one week after close ally Pervez Musharraf was ousted from the presidency.<br /><br />(AP Photo/Sherin Zada, File)AP - Militants used rockets and a bomb to attack the family home of a lawmaker in Pakistan's volatile northwest early Monday, killing eight people including the politician's brother, police said.




 

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