From correspondents in Peshawar March 07
AT LEAST seven Pakistani security forces were killed early today when a car bomb exploded on the outskirts of the north-western city of Peshawar, police said.
Resident in the village of Badaber had alerted police to a suspicious car parked on a roadside with a man's body inside. As police approached the vehicle, the car blew up, local police station chief Gran Ullah said.
"Five policemen and two paramilitary soldiers were killed in the bomb blast," Ullah said.
There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the attack, but Taliban militants have carried out several bombings in the area, which is the gateway to Pakistan's rugged lawless tribal districts bordering Afghanistan.
Taliban and al-Qaeda militants have been holed up in the tribal areas since the US-led invasion of Afghanistan in late 2001 that sparked the fall of the Taliban regime in Kabul.
AT LEAST seven Pakistani security forces were killed early today when a car bomb exploded on the outskirts of the north-western city of Peshawar, police said.
Resident in the village of Badaber had alerted police to a suspicious car parked on a roadside with a man's body inside. As police approached the vehicle, the car blew up, local police station chief Gran Ullah said.
"Five policemen and two paramilitary soldiers were killed in the bomb blast," Ullah said.
There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the attack, but Taliban militants have carried out several bombings in the area, which is the gateway to Pakistan's rugged lawless tribal districts bordering Afghanistan.
Taliban and al-Qaeda militants have been holed up in the tribal areas since the US-led invasion of Afghanistan in late 2001 that sparked the fall of the Taliban regime in Kabul.
Source: The Australian
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