பரபரப்பான பஸ் ஸ்டேஷனுக்குள் இஸ்லாமிய பயங்கரவாதிகள் வெடிகுண்டுகள் நிறைந்த காரை கொண்டுவ்ந்து மோதியதில் 9 பொதுமக்கள் மரணமடைந்தனர். 35 பேர் படுகாயமுற்றனர்.
Suicide attack in Pak kills nine
Associated Press
Sunday, August 5, 2007 (Parachinar)
A suicide attacker slammed an explosives-laden car into traffic at a busy bus station in northwestern Pakistan on Saturday, unleashing a blast that killed nine people and wounded 35 others.
The explosion went off midmorning in the town of Parachinar in North West Frontier Province, the restive region bordering Afghanistan, tearing through the bus station and powerful enough to damage neighbouring shops.
The bomber ploughed his car into another vehicle next to a bus packed with passengers just before the blast.
A doctor at the Parachinar Hospital, about 250 kilometres south of the provincial capital of Peshawar, said they received five bodies after the blast, and that four of the injured later died.
At least two other victims were still in a critical condition, he said.
Checkpoint attacked
Meanwhile in the nearby tribal region of North Waziristan, pro-Taliban militants attacked a military checkpoint in remote Oblanki.
Ten militants and four troops were killed before the attackers fled back into the region's mountains, pursued by helicopter gunships, an army spokesperson said.
Five other soldiers were wounded.
The security situation in Pakistan, especially in the tribal zone bordering Afghanistan, has been deteriorating for weeks, and almost daily attacks have killed more than 350 people.
Pakistan is a key ally of the United States in its ''war on terror'', and has deployed about 90,000 soldiers in its tribal regions since the September 11, 2001 attacks to flush out remnants of the Taliban and al-Qaida who are believed to be hiding there.
Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf is under increasing pressure from Washington to crackdown in the tribal region.
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