11 killed in Bajaur Agency blast
July 27, 2012 RECORDER REPORT 0 CommentsEleven people were killed and more than twenty injured when a bomb explosion rocked a busy market in Salarzai Tehsil of Bajaur Agency on Thursday. The device planted in a pickup truck, exploded in Pasht bazaar of Salarzai in Bajaur district, one of the toughest battlegrounds in Pakistan's fight against the Taliban in the north-west.

"There are eight bodies and 21 wounded brought to hospital," Doctor Khalilur Rehman told Business Recorder. Two children aged eight and 13 were among the dead and four children aged five to 11 were among the injured, he said. Five shops were also destroyed due to blast's impact. Security forces cordoned off the area while the locals along with rescue teams are transferring the bodies and injured to the hospital. Nobody claimed the responsibility for the bombing, but the Taliban have carried out several attacks against Salarzai tribesmen for forming pro-government militias and supporting military operations.

Acting Central President, Awami National Party (ANP) Senator Haji Mohammad Adeel and Provincial President, Senator Afrasiab Khattak have condemned bomb blast in Pashat, Bajaur Agency and expressed deep grief and sorrow over the death of eight persons in it.

Divide Pakistan & Reunite Pashtuns-Afghans to eliminate Punjabi ISI sponsored terrorism!!

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