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| 'Militants hit' Pakistani school | |
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| Suspected Taliban militants have burnt down nine government-run schools in a series of overnight attacks in north-western Pakistan, officials say. | |
| A health building and the home of a local policeman were also set on fire by militants in the district of Buner. | |
| Eyewitnesses said the insurgents threw chemicals on the buildings before setting them on fire. | |
| This is the first major attack by the insurgents in the district after it was declared safe by the authorities. | |
| They said that an army offensive a few months ago had driven militants out of the area. | |
| Hundreds of schools in north-western Pakistan have been burnt down in recent years by militants who correspondents say want to enforce strict Islamic law - which prohibits female education. | |
| 'Act of terrorism' | |
| In a separate development, police said that at least two persons were killed and three wounded during a pre-dawn rocket attack in the city of Peshawar. | |
| A senior police official said around a dozen rockets had landed in the city early on Tuesday. | A senior police official said around a dozen rockets had landed in the city early on Tuesday. |
| Panicking residents ran out of their homes, and the office of a paramilitary force was hit, the police said. | Panicking residents ran out of their homes, and the office of a paramilitary force was hit, the police said. |
| Peshawar is the main city near the Swat valley, also scene of the recent offensive against the Taliban. | |
| Nobody claimed responsibility for the rocket attacks, which are rare in Pakistan's cities. | Nobody claimed responsibility for the rocket attacks, which are rare in Pakistan's cities. |
| "It is an act of terrorism, but we don't know who the attackers are," local police official Nisar Khan told the Associated Press news agency. | "It is an act of terrorism, but we don't know who the attackers are," local police official Nisar Khan told the Associated Press news agency. |
| He said a headquarters of the paramilitary Frontier Corps was damaged in the attack, but no-one was injured. | He said a headquarters of the paramilitary Frontier Corps was damaged in the attack, but no-one was injured. |
| The capital of North West Frontier Province, Peshawar has become the front line city in Pakistan's campaign against militants. | The capital of North West Frontier Province, Peshawar has become the front line city in Pakistan's campaign against militants. |
| Bombings and suicide attacks coupled with kidnap for ransom have become commonplace. | Bombings and suicide attacks coupled with kidnap for ransom have become commonplace. |
| In June, the city's luxury Pearl Continental hotel was hit by a suicide bombing which left at least 18 people dead including two UN staff. | In June, the city's luxury Pearl Continental hotel was hit by a suicide bombing which left at least 18 people dead including two UN staff. |
| Pakistani officials also said on Tuesday at least 10 Islamist militants were killed in a suspected American drone attack in the north-western region. | |
| They said the unmanned drone fired missiles into a suspected training camp for militants in a tribal area near the Afghan border which known to be a stronghold of the Taliban commander Baitullah Mehsud, who the Pakistanis and Americans believe was killed in a similar attack last week. | |
| Taliban commanders have denied that their leader was killed. |