Scores killed in Pakistan bombing
Suicide bomber targets gathering of tribal elders in northwest of the country.
Published On 2 Mar 2008
According to Khalid Khan, a local administration official, hundreds of elders from five tribes had gathered at a jirga – a traditional tribal council – to discuss “efforts to check growing Taliban activity in the area”.
Khan also said the elders and local officials had finished their talks when the bomb exploded.
He said: “There were heavy casualties – we are shifting them to Peshawar.”
Khan also said the elders and local officials had finished their talks when the bomb exploded.
He said: “There were heavy casualties – we are shifting them to Peshawar.”
Violent region
The town of Darra Adam Khel had recently become a stronghold of Lashkar-e-Jhangvi, a pro-Taliban movement said to have links to al-Qaeda.
In January, Pakistani forces mounted a major offensive to defeat fighters who had occupied a major road tunnel in the area.
At least 13 soldiers and 50 fighters were killed in the heavy fighting.
Source: News Agencies