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Several dead in Pakistan blast
[Al Jazeera] At least five people have been killed and 19 others maimed in northwest Pakistain after a car boom went kaboom!in a tunnel late on Friday. The kaboom occurred in the Kohat tunnel, a busy thoroughfare that connects the main northwest city of Beautiful Downtown Peshawar to southern Khyber Paktunkhwa, Punjab and Sind provinces, Pak police reported. Many of those maimed in the kaboom were taken to medical facilities in Peshawar, the nearest large city. The blast also damaged the tunnel. Northwest Pakistain has witnessed numerous bombings over the past years. No one has as yet grabbed credit for Friday's kaboom. Most attacks in the region are generally believed to be linked to al-Qaeda and Taliban-led groups. The two-kilometre long tunnel has been the scene of past fighting between Pak security forces and the Taliban. Posted by: Fred 2011-01-31 |
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