PESHAWAR: Eleven people were killed and more than twenty injured when a bomb explosion rocked a busy market in Salarzai Tehsil of Bajaur Agency on Thursday.
The device planted in a pickup truck, exploded in Pasht bazaar of Salarzai in Bajaur district, one of the toughest battlegrounds in Pakistan�s fight against the Taliban in the northwest.
There are eight bodies and 21 wounded brought to hospital, Doctor Khalilur Rehman told Business Recorder.
Two children aged eight and 13 were among the dead and four children aged five to 11 were among the injured, he said.
Five shops were also destroyed due to blast�s impact. Security forces cordoned off the area while the locals along with rescue teams are transferring the bodies and injured to the hospital. Nobody claimed the responsibility for the bombing, but the Taliban have carried out several attacks against Salarzai tribesmen for forming pro-government militias and supporting military operations.
Acting Central President, Awami National Party (ANP) Senator Haji Mohammad Adeel and Provincial President, Senator Afrasiab Khattak have condemned bomb blast in Pashat, Bajaur Agency and expressed deep grief and sorrow over the death of eight persons in it.
According to condemnation statement issued here from Central Media Cell at Bacha Khan Markaz, Peshawar, the ANP leaders said that people could not be demoralised through such cowardice activities. They said that those carrying terror activities are the enemies of Pakistan and have no concern with any ideology or religion. They said that like past subversive activities will be foiled in future too.
They appealed the people to exhibit patience and courage. They also prayed for the eternal peace of those killed in the incident and early recovery of the injured.
The device planted in a pickup truck, exploded in Pasht bazaar of Salarzai in Bajaur district, one of the toughest battlegrounds in Pakistan�s fight against the Taliban in the northwest.
There are eight bodies and 21 wounded brought to hospital, Doctor Khalilur Rehman told Business Recorder.
Two children aged eight and 13 were among the dead and four children aged five to 11 were among the injured, he said.
Five shops were also destroyed due to blast�s impact. Security forces cordoned off the area while the locals along with rescue teams are transferring the bodies and injured to the hospital. Nobody claimed the responsibility for the bombing, but the Taliban have carried out several attacks against Salarzai tribesmen for forming pro-government militias and supporting military operations.
Acting Central President, Awami National Party (ANP) Senator Haji Mohammad Adeel and Provincial President, Senator Afrasiab Khattak have condemned bomb blast in Pashat, Bajaur Agency and expressed deep grief and sorrow over the death of eight persons in it.
According to condemnation statement issued here from Central Media Cell at Bacha Khan Markaz, Peshawar, the ANP leaders said that people could not be demoralised through such cowardice activities. They said that those carrying terror activities are the enemies of Pakistan and have no concern with any ideology or religion. They said that like past subversive activities will be foiled in future too.
They appealed the people to exhibit patience and courage. They also prayed for the eternal peace of those killed in the incident and early recovery of the injured.
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