By VOA News
28 October 2009
A car bomb in the main city in Pakistan's troubled northwest has killed at least 57 people and wounded some 100 others.
Witnesses said the afternoon explosion ripped through a crowded market Wednesday afternoon, killing mostly women.
Television images from Peshawar show rescue workers digging through gutted shops and battling fires as a cloud of gray smoke hangs over downtown. No group has claimed responsibility for the blast.
Peshawar is the most populous city in Pakistan's North West Frontier Province and a gateway to the country's lawless tribal areas, where security forces are battling Taliban militants.
The blast occurred a short time after U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton arrived in the Pakistani capital, Islamabad, for three days of talks with senior officials.
Militants in Pakistan have launched a wave of attacks against military, government and foreign targets in recent weeks, killing more than 150 people. Taliban militants have claimed responsibility for most of the assaults.
Pakistani officials say the attacks are retaliation for the army's ongoing offensive against Taliban strongholds in the South Waziristan tribal region.
28 October 2009
A car bomb in the main city in Pakistan's troubled northwest has killed at least 57 people and wounded some 100 others.
Witnesses said the afternoon explosion ripped through a crowded market Wednesday afternoon, killing mostly women.
Television images from Peshawar show rescue workers digging through gutted shops and battling fires as a cloud of gray smoke hangs over downtown. No group has claimed responsibility for the blast.
Peshawar is the most populous city in Pakistan's North West Frontier Province and a gateway to the country's lawless tribal areas, where security forces are battling Taliban militants.
The blast occurred a short time after U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton arrived in the Pakistani capital, Islamabad, for three days of talks with senior officials.
Militants in Pakistan have launched a wave of attacks against military, government and foreign targets in recent weeks, killing more than 150 people. Taliban militants have claimed responsibility for most of the assaults.
Pakistani officials say the attacks are retaliation for the army's ongoing offensive against Taliban strongholds in the South Waziristan tribal region.
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