19 die in double explosions in Pakistan
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ATTACKS in the volatile Pakistani cities of Peshawar and Quetta killed 19 people yesterday, dashing hopes of a lasting peace deal with insurgents fighting to topple the government.
In Peshawar, a sprawling city on Pakistan’s border with Afghanistan, a suicide bomber blew himself up in front of a police vehicle, killing at least nine bystanders including a woman and a child, police said.
In Quetta, in the unruly province of Baluchistan, at least 10 people were killed when a motorcycle laden with explosives exploded near a college in the city center, police said.
The attacks took place as the government of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif tries to revive a stalled peace process with the Pakistani Taliban militants in order to hammer out a permanent ceasefire agreement and end years of violence.
But a series of attacks and counter-attacks by insurgents and government forces since the start of the year have dampened hopes that peace talks could ever yield any result.
In Quetta, at least 10 people were killed and 35 wounded when the motorcycle exploded near the college, police said.
An increasingly active Taliban splinter group, Ahrar-ul-Hind, or “Liberators of India”, claimed responsibility for the attacks.
“We claim both Peshawar and Quetta attacks,” their chief Umar Qasmi said.
“We don’t abide by these talks and will continue to stage attacks.”
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