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Pakistan: Politician among wounded in northwest bombing
(AKI) - A local politician from the Pashtun nationalist Awami National Party was among nine people injured by a bomb that exploded in northwestern Pakistan on Wednesday, police sources told Pakistan's Geo News.The remote-controlled bomb exploded in North West Frontier Province's capital, Peshawar, wounding NWFP assembly member Alam Zeb Khan and eight others. The bomb had been planted in a motorbike in the area of Momin town. Six people are reportedly in a critical condition. The bomb also damaged Zeb Khan's car and nearby buildings. Bomb disposal squads reportedly arrived at the scene soon after the attack and collected the remains of explosives. Khan is out of danger, Geo quoted ANP secretary general Zahid Khan as saying. The blast occurred shortly after the arrival in Peshawar of US special envoy for Pakistan and Afghanistan, Richard Holbrooke. It is not the first time that the ANP has been targeted by militants in NWFP. ANP politician Asfandyar Wali Khan narrowly escaped an assassination attempt in a suicide attack in Wali Bagh last October. The same month, militants also fired a rocket against the home of ANP member Amir Haider Khan Hoti in the nearby town of Mardan. Posted by: Fred 2009-02-12 |
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