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Bajaur market bomb kills nine
 PESHAWAR/KHAR: A remote-controlled bomb blast killed 11 people, including two children, and injured 23 others in the militancy-hit tribal district of Bajaur on Thursday, officials said.
Nine people were killed and 22 are wounded, four of them in critical condition, said an official. Ambulances rushed to the scene from Khar to transport the wounded people to hospital, the officials said, adding, The injured are being treated at Khar Hospital and those wounded critically were transported to Peshawar. It was not clear who was the target of the blast inside a shop. But a tribal journalist in Khar told Daily Times that the blast was aimed at anti-Taliban vigilantes and public supporting the government forces against the militants. Bajaur has been comparatively peaceful in the recent times after government forces took control of areas where Taliban had been in a strong position, Salarzai being one of those areas. Nobody claimed the responsibility for the bombing, but Taliban have carried out several attacks against Salarzai tribesmen for forming pro-government militias and supporting military operations. The military conducted major anti-Taliban offensives in Bajaur in August 2008 and February 2009, and has repeatedly declared the district secure. But militants have still proved able to strike. Posted by: Steve White 2012-07-27 |
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