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GHILANAI: Several persons were killed and injured in suicide attack at the office of political agent in tehsil Yakka Ghund of Mohmand tribal region. - AFP
Suicide attack in Mohmand
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Blast in Mohmand Agency kills 13
MOHMAND: At least thirteen people have been killed and 90 injured in a suicide blast outside Assistant Political Agent Office in Mohmand Agency on Friday.
The explosion took place at the Yaka Ghund area of the lower tehsil of Mohmand Agency. The bomber blew himself while still in the car. There are fears the number of causalities will rise as many are still trapped under the rubble.
Several shops and vehicles in the area have been destroyed. The injured have been shifted to the Lady Reading and Shab Qadar Hospital. Security forces have cordoned off the area, as they wait for the bomb disposal squad to arrive.
More than 150 people were present at the Assistant Political Agent Office at the time of the blast.
MOHMAND: At least thirteen people have been killed and 90 injured in a suicide blast outside Assistant Political Agent Office in Mohmand Agency on Friday.
The explosion took place at the Yaka Ghund area of the lower tehsil of Mohmand Agency. The bomber blew himself while still in the car. There are fears the number of causalities will rise as many are still trapped under the rubble.
Several shops and vehicles in the area have been destroyed. The injured have been shifted to the Lady Reading and Shab Qadar Hospital. Security forces have cordoned off the area, as they wait for the bomb disposal squad to arrive.
More than 150 people were present at the Assistant Political Agent Office at the time of the blast.
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Bomb Attack Kills 6, Wounds 90 In Pakistan - Officials
JULY 9, 2010, 2:11 A.M. ET.
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AFP)--A suspected suicide attack outside a local government office Friday killed six people and wounded about 90 others in a busy market in Pakistan's lawless tribal area, officials said.
Local administration official Maqsood Ahmed said the blast took place in Yakaghund town in Mohmand, one of seven districts that make up Pakistan's tribal belt that Washington has branded a global headquarters of al Qaeda.
"The initial report is that it was a suicide attack. The bomber came on a motorbike. We are investigating," Ahmed said by telephone.
"We have six dead bodies and around 90 wounded," he said.
Doctors at two local hospitals confirmed six people had died.
Bomb Attack Kills 6, Wounds 90 In Pakistan - Officials - WSJ.com
JULY 9, 2010, 2:11 A.M. ET.
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AFP)--A suspected suicide attack outside a local government office Friday killed six people and wounded about 90 others in a busy market in Pakistan's lawless tribal area, officials said.
Local administration official Maqsood Ahmed said the blast took place in Yakaghund town in Mohmand, one of seven districts that make up Pakistan's tribal belt that Washington has branded a global headquarters of al Qaeda.
"The initial report is that it was a suicide attack. The bomber came on a motorbike. We are investigating," Ahmed said by telephone.
"We have six dead bodies and around 90 wounded," he said.
Doctors at two local hospitals confirmed six people had died.
Bomb Attack Kills 6, Wounds 90 In Pakistan - Officials - WSJ.com
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Blast in Pakistan's tribal region kills 23, wounds more than 100
slamabad, Pakistan (CNN) -- A suicide car bomber killed 23 people and wounded more than 100 others Friday when his vehicle exploded in a market in Mohmand Agency in Pakistan's tribal region, officials said.
The intended target of the attack was a local government office in the town of Eakah. But the vehicle detonated in a market near the building, said Hayat Khan, a local administration official.
About 20 shops, five houses and the local jail were damaged in the blast.
In the confusion following the attack, various officials provided conflicting death tolls.
Maqsood Mahed Khan, a local government official, said that among the dead were three children and two women.
Authorities also believe more victims may be trapped under the rubble of damaged buildings.
Mohmand is one of seven semiautonomous tribal agencies along the 1,500-mile border porous border that Pakistan shares with Afghanistan.
The Pakistani military has been battling insurgents in the area for some time.
Blast in Pakistan's tribal region kills 23, wounds more than 100 - CNN.com
slamabad, Pakistan (CNN) -- A suicide car bomber killed 23 people and wounded more than 100 others Friday when his vehicle exploded in a market in Mohmand Agency in Pakistan's tribal region, officials said.
The intended target of the attack was a local government office in the town of Eakah. But the vehicle detonated in a market near the building, said Hayat Khan, a local administration official.
About 20 shops, five houses and the local jail were damaged in the blast.
In the confusion following the attack, various officials provided conflicting death tolls.
Maqsood Mahed Khan, a local government official, said that among the dead were three children and two women.
Authorities also believe more victims may be trapped under the rubble of damaged buildings.
Mohmand is one of seven semiautonomous tribal agencies along the 1,500-mile border porous border that Pakistan shares with Afghanistan.
The Pakistani military has been battling insurgents in the area for some time.
Blast in Pakistan's tribal region kills 23, wounds more than 100 - CNN.com
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The death toll in explosion has reached to 45.
Motorcycle bomber kills at least 48 in Pakistan washingtonpost.com
KHAR, Pakistan -- A suicide bomber on a motorcycle struck outside a government office Friday in a tribal region where Pakistan's army has fought the Taliban, killing at least 48 people and wounding around 80, officials said.
The attack indicated that militants remain a potent force in Pakistan's tribal belt, which borders Afghanistan, despite army offensives. The U.S. has praised Pakistan for taking on Islamist extremists that use the tribal region to plan attacks on Western troops across the border, but the militants have often retaliated on Pakistani soil.
The bomber detonated his explosives near the Yakaghund village office of a top administrator of the Mohmand tribal region, Rasool Khan.
Khan, who was in his office at the time, escaped unharmed. He said some 70 to 80 shops in the area were damaged or destroyed by the powerful blast. A prison building also was damaged, and some 28 prisoners - ordinary criminals, not militants - had apparently escaped, the administrator said.
The attacker was on a motorcycle and trying to gain entry to the office when he was stopped and detonated the bomb, government official Meraj Din said. He put the death toll at 48, and other officials said at least 80 people were wounded.
Footage from the area showed dozens of men searching through piles of yellow brick and mud rubble in search of survivors.
"After the blast, I saw destruction. I saw bodies everywhere. I saw the injured crying for help," security official Esa Khan told The Associated Press in the main northwest city of Peshawar, where he helped escort some of the wounded to a hospital.
Abdul Wadood, 19, was sitting in a vehicle nearby when the attack happened.
"I only heard the deafening blast and lost consciousness," he said, while being treated for head and arm wounds in Peshawar. "I found myself on a hospital bed after opening my eyes.
"I think those who planned or carried out this attack are not humans."
Mohmand is one of several areas in Pakistan's lawless tribal belt where Taliban and al-Qaida are believed to be hiding. The Pakistani army has carried out operations in Mohmand, but it has been unable to extirpate the militants.
Information from Mohmand is difficult to verify independently because access to the area is heavily restricted.
KHAR, Pakistan -- A suicide bomber on a motorcycle struck outside a government office Friday in a tribal region where Pakistan's army has fought the Taliban, killing at least 48 people and wounding around 80, officials said.
The attack indicated that militants remain a potent force in Pakistan's tribal belt, which borders Afghanistan, despite army offensives. The U.S. has praised Pakistan for taking on Islamist extremists that use the tribal region to plan attacks on Western troops across the border, but the militants have often retaliated on Pakistani soil.
The bomber detonated his explosives near the Yakaghund village office of a top administrator of the Mohmand tribal region, Rasool Khan.
Khan, who was in his office at the time, escaped unharmed. He said some 70 to 80 shops in the area were damaged or destroyed by the powerful blast. A prison building also was damaged, and some 28 prisoners - ordinary criminals, not militants - had apparently escaped, the administrator said.
The attacker was on a motorcycle and trying to gain entry to the office when he was stopped and detonated the bomb, government official Meraj Din said. He put the death toll at 48, and other officials said at least 80 people were wounded.
Footage from the area showed dozens of men searching through piles of yellow brick and mud rubble in search of survivors.
"After the blast, I saw destruction. I saw bodies everywhere. I saw the injured crying for help," security official Esa Khan told The Associated Press in the main northwest city of Peshawar, where he helped escort some of the wounded to a hospital.
Abdul Wadood, 19, was sitting in a vehicle nearby when the attack happened.
"I only heard the deafening blast and lost consciousness," he said, while being treated for head and arm wounds in Peshawar. "I found myself on a hospital bed after opening my eyes.
"I think those who planned or carried out this attack are not humans."
Mohmand is one of several areas in Pakistan's lawless tribal belt where Taliban and al-Qaida are believed to be hiding. The Pakistani army has carried out operations in Mohmand, but it has been unable to extirpate the militants.
Information from Mohmand is difficult to verify independently because access to the area is heavily restricted.
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Rip to the fallen , hell to planners and attackers
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