Pakistani policemen kidnapped Sep 4, 2008
The police recruits were travelling on three buses to a training college in the town of Hangu in North West Frontier Province when gunmen abducted them on Wednesday in the Orakzai tribal region ... "The drivers told us that militants had kidnapped the recruits," said Hangu police officer Mohammad Idrees. (International Herald Tribune -- Health)
Pakistan army: 16 militants killed in northwest Aug 22, 2008
The military said the clash began when security forces stopped a suspicious vehicle on a bridge near the town of Hangu, and ordered the men inside to get out ... Hangu is one of a string of Pakistani towns that has been engulfed in violence as Taliban militants seek to expand their control of territory beyond the tribal areas next to the Afghan border ... Hangu district mayor Haji Khan Afzal blamed the Taliban for Friday's battle at the Doaba checkpoint. (International Herald Tribune -- Health)
Vice Premier Li inspects Tianjin Aug 20, 2008
The Binhai New Area, a pilot reform zone, consists of the three administrative districts of Tanggu, Hangu and Dagang and eight industrial zones currently under construction. Li stressed the importance of expanding domestic market demands in boosting economic development in an era of global economic uncertainty. (Xinhuanet, China)
Pakistan 'school bombers' killed Aug 7, 2008
Elsewhere in the region, suspected militants also beheaded a bank employee kidnapped from Hangu a few days ago. Swat and Hangu have been the scene of recent security operations against militants by the Pakistani army ... In Hangu, police say they have found the body of a bank accountant who was among three bank employees kidnapped by suspected militants a few days ago. (BBC News -- South Asia)
'Militants die' in Pakistan clash Jul 19, 2008
Five soldiers have been wounded in the drive to clear insurgents from the north-western district of Hangu, spokesman Maj Gen Athar Abbas said ... There has been tension in the Hangu area since the arrest of several militants some weeks ago. (BBC News -- South Asia)
Pakistan troops shell militants Jul 17, 2008
Local officials said seven civilians were wounded in the fighting in Hangu district in the north-west ... Officials said troops backed by tanks and heavy artillery pounded positions held by militants in the Naryab and Zargari areas of Hangu. (BBC News -- South Asia)
Militants kill Pakistani soldiers Jul 13, 2008
At least 22 other troops were wounded in the attack on their convoy outside Hangu city, near the border with Afghanistan, they said ... Hangu is in Pakistan's restive North West Frontier Province (NWFP), which has seen increased military activity from pro-Taleban militants ... There have been a number of sectarian attacks in Hangu and other towns in north-west Pakistan bordering Afghanistan recently. (BBC News -- South Asia)
Pakistan tribal area aid appeal Jul 13, 2008
Taleban groups also proliferate in the areas further east, and are said to be responsible for the beheading of dozens of Kurram truckers in the Hangu and Darra Adamkhel areas of north west Pakistan. Kurram served as the most important launching pad for the Afghan mujahideen during the Soviet occupation of Afghanistan in 1980s. (BBC News -- South Asia)
Pakistan Chaos Unleashed Jul 20, 2007
In the northwest, a suicide car bomber detonated his explosives when guards prevented him from entering the parade ground of the police academy in Hangu, 45 miles southwest of Peshawar. The bomber killed six bystanders and one policeman, and another 24 people were wounded, academy chief Attaullah Wazir said. (Fox News)
2 suicide bombings claim 37 in Pakistan Jul 20, 2007
Another seven people, including policemen, were killed in a car bomb attack in the far northwestern city of Hangu early yesterday. Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi sent a message of condolence to Pakistani foreign minister yesterday to express the Chinese government and people's condolence to Pakistan on the attacks. (People's Daily Online)
Three Pakistan suicide bombs kill 52 in one day Jul 20, 2007
Another seven people, including policemen, were killed by a car bomb in the far northwestern city of Hangu on Thursday ... The car bomber who blew himself up at a police training centre in the northwestern city of Hangu timed his attack to coincide with the arrival of a group of young recruits ... Hangu, which itself has a history of sectarian violence, is close to the lawless tribal regions on the Afghan border, known to be hotbeds of support for al Qaeda and Taliban militants. (AlertNet)
Pakistan blasts kill at least 51 Jul 20, 2007
In the northwest, a suicide car bomber detonated his explosives when guards prevented him from entering the parade ground of the police academy in Hangu, southwest of Peshawar. The bomber killed six bystanders and one policeman, and another 24 people were wounded, academy chief Attaullah Wazir said. (Globe and Mail -- International)
Mosque backlash sees 51 more killed Jul 20, 2007
Six more were killed when a militant ploughed his explosives-laden vehicle into the gates of a police college in the nearby town of Hangu as recruits carried out a morning drill ... The morning's attack in Hangu involved a bomber in a Suzuki car who tried to target hundreds of recruits marching on the parade ground at a police recruitment centre but could not get through the gates, Cheema said. (iAfrica.com)
New suicide bombings kill 29 in Pakistan Jul 19, 2007
Hours earlier, another attacker drove his explosives-laden vehicle into the gates of a police college in the northwestern town of Hangu as recruits carried out a morning drill, killing at least five people, they said ... "There was a suicide attack. A red Suzuki car smashed into the gates of a police recruitment college in Hangu killing one policeman and four civilians," the police chief told AFP, adding that 22 were injured, some critically. (Yahoo News -- Top Stories)
10 suspicious packages planted around Boston in backfired marketing ploy by TV network Feb 1, 2007
The shell slammed into a Shiite Muslim home in Hangu, which has been under a round-the-clock curfew since two men were killed there during a religious festival Tuesday, local police officer Waqar Khan said. It was not known who targeted the Shiite's home in Hangu's Ganjan neighborhood or whether it was linked to the sectarian tension, but police are investigating, Khan said ... Police said a rocket or a grenade exploded at a Shiite procession, sparking violence Tuesday in Hangu in which two... (North County Times)
