Large explosion at DCO office, Hangu

[T-Faz]

HANGU:

Initial reports suggest up to eight people may have been killed in the attack.

A large explosion has taken place outside the DCO office in Hangu. Eyewitness and security officials confirm the explosion took place in a vehicle.

Initial reports confirm eight people have been killed in the attack, while several others have been injured.

At the time of the explosion, a large number of people were in the area, which includes sensitive installations as well as a local bazaar. Buildings in the area have been damaged in the blast shockwave.

Express 24/7 correspondent Iftikhar Firdous says the possibility of a suicide attack cannot be ruled out.

Emergency has been declared in all local hospitals.

Pakistan has seen a dramatic increase in the scale and number of militant attacks since Osama bin laden was killed by US forces in a garrison town this month.

 

[Areesh]

More Pakistanis lost their lives in the Washington DC imported WOT. RIP to the dead. You are among the victims of slavery and greed to earn dollars of Pakistani govt and establishment.

 

[DelhiDareDevil]

self delete

 

[American Pakistani]

sh*t head security authorities & intel services, can't save their own peoples.

 

[American Pakistani]

8 peoples killed

http://http://www.denverpost.com/breakingnews/ci_18143198

RIP.

 

[nForce]

HANGU:

Initial reports suggest up to eight people may have been killed in the attack.

A large explosion has taken place outside the DCO office in Hangu. Eyewitness and security officials confirm the explosion took place in a vehicle.

Initial reports confirm eight people have been killed in the attack, while several others have been injured.

At the time of the explosion, a large number of people were in the area, which includes sensitive installations as well as a local bazaar. Buildings in the area have been damaged in the blast shockwave.

Express 24/7 correspondent Iftikhar Firdous says the possibility of a suicide attack cannot be ruled out.

Emergency has been declared in all local hospitals.

Pakistan has seen a dramatic increase in the scale and number of militant attacks since Osama bin laden was killed by US forces in a garrison town this month.

where do all these explosives come from??what is the source of arms and ammunition of the militants??

 

[CamelJockeyBoy]

A suicide bomber in a pickup truck detonated his explosives near several government offices Thursday in northwest Pakistan, killing at least 24 people in the latest violence to roil the country since the U.S. raid that killed Osama bin Laden.

No group immediately claimed responsibility for the attack in Hangu city. But the Pakistani Taliban have taken credit for other recent strikes, saying they are part of a campaign to avenge the al-Qaida leader's death.

Hangu is a rough area located just outside Pakistan's lawless tribal regions bordering Afghanistan. The tribal areas have long been havens for al-Qaida and other militants.

Local police official Irshad Khan said the bomb went off near several government buildings, including the district commissioner's office. Those buildings for the most part escaped the blast, he said, but numerous shops and other facilities nearby were damaged.

Senior police official Islamuddin Khan said at least 24 people were killed and 56 were wounded. The explosives were inside a double-cabin pickup truck that was driving through the area.

The May 2 U.S. Navy SEALs raid that killed bin Laden in the northwest Pakistani garrison city of Abbottabad has exposed the tensions between Washington and Islamabad as never before.

Pakistani officials are angry that the U.S. staged the raid without giving it warning, and they insist they had no idea bin Laden was hiding in Abbottabad. The U.S. has said it had to maintain secrecy to ensure the operation's success.

Since the raid, militants have staged several major attacks in Pakistan, including an extraordinary 18-hour siege of a naval base that killed 10 people and four insurgents. The attacks have further embarrassed the government and the country's powerful security establishment.

The Pakistani Taliban have long justified their attacks on Pakistani soil because they oppose the government in Islamabad's alliance with the United States.

Earlier Thursday, Pakistani Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani said the country would use "all appropriate means" to attack militant hideouts on its soil. But he gave no indication the army was considering new offensives along the Afghan border.

The United States wants to see action in North Waziristan tribal region especially, where a deadly Afghan Taliban faction is based, to help it put pressure on Afghan insurgents and enable it to begin withdrawing troops later this summer after 10 years of war.

 

[Paan Singh]

already posted

 

[alphamale]

very sad news, RIP to deceased & death to terrorists.

 

[majesticpankaj]

RIP to the death...

 

[Ramander#]

where do all these explosives come from??what is the source of arms and ammunition of the militants??

Not a question any more after the revelation by Headley...

 

[Ramander#]

Is there a single day when there is no Blast in Pakistan??

anyway

RIP

 

[desiman]

where do all these explosives come from??what is the source of arms and ammunition of the militants??

from here

 

[humanfirst]

where do all these explosives come from??what is the source of arms and ammunition of the militants??

The same source where their afghan taliban cousins get arms and ammunitions from-black market weapon dealers.

 

[muse]

where do all these explosives come from??what is the source of arms and ammunition of the militants??

What a great question - after 10 years, the Pakistani public still asks such questions, once in a while, but it's all in vain, the public will never know where these explosives come from - for the public, the convenient ambiguity and conspiracy theories, the usual culprits - but of course if the Pakistan armed forces know where these explosives come from, they would have put an end to it, right?? You sure about that??