Suicide bomber kills at least 16
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December 9, 2010, Thursday
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A YOUNG suicide bomber blew himself up beside a minibus in northwest Pakistan yesterday, killing at least 16 people, officials said.
Pakistan's government faces Taliban insurgents who have sustained a campaign of suicide bombings in defiance of a series of military offensives launched last year against their strongholds.
"A boy between the ages of 18 and 20, who was carrying about 6 kilograms of explosives, carried out the attack," said Dilawar Bangash, police chief in the town of Kohat, where yesterday's bombing took place. Thirty-four people were wounded, hospital officials said.
Witness Inayat Orakzai said: "The bus, which was filled with passengers, was about to take off when a teenage boy came near the door of the bus and blew himself up."
The Pakistani Taliban movement, which is linked to al-Qaida, claimed responsibility for a twin suicide bombing on the office compound of a government official in the Mohmand region of the northwest on Monday, which killed at least 40 people.
The bombers attacked while a meeting on ways of strengthening the tribal militias set up to help the government fight militants was under way.
Secret United States' diplomatic cables, released by the WikiLeaks website, have raised fresh questions about threats posed by Pakistani militant groups.
In one cable, former US Ambassador to Islamabad Anne Patterson predicted it would take 10 to 15 years to defeat militants in Pakistan's northwest tribal areas on the Afghan border.
Pakistan's government faces Taliban insurgents who have sustained a campaign of suicide bombings in defiance of a series of military offensives launched last year against their strongholds.
"A boy between the ages of 18 and 20, who was carrying about 6 kilograms of explosives, carried out the attack," said Dilawar Bangash, police chief in the town of Kohat, where yesterday's bombing took place. Thirty-four people were wounded, hospital officials said.
Witness Inayat Orakzai said: "The bus, which was filled with passengers, was about to take off when a teenage boy came near the door of the bus and blew himself up."
The Pakistani Taliban movement, which is linked to al-Qaida, claimed responsibility for a twin suicide bombing on the office compound of a government official in the Mohmand region of the northwest on Monday, which killed at least 40 people.
The bombers attacked while a meeting on ways of strengthening the tribal militias set up to help the government fight militants was under way.
Secret United States' diplomatic cables, released by the WikiLeaks website, have raised fresh questions about threats posed by Pakistani militant groups.
In one cable, former US Ambassador to Islamabad Anne Patterson predicted it would take 10 to 15 years to defeat militants in Pakistan's northwest tribal areas on the Afghan border.
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