Thursday, November 6, 2008

Ten Dead, 30 Hurt In Northwest Pakistan Blast

From Yahoo News/Reuters:

KHAR, Pakistan (Reuters) – A suicide bomber killed 10 people and wounded 30 when he blew himself up at a meeting of ethnic Pashtun tribal leaders in northwest Pakistan's Bajaur area on the Afghan border on Thursday, government officials said.

Pakistani security forces are fighting Islamist al Qaeda and Taliban militants in Bajaur and authorities are encouraging tribesmen to raise militias to force militants from the region.

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