Accessibility links

Breaking News

Suicide Bomber Targets Pakistani Police Station


People care for a person injured in a blast in Peshawar, Pakistan, December 3, 2012.
People care for a person injured in a blast in Peshawar, Pakistan, December 3, 2012.
A suicide bomber has attacked near a police station in northwest Pakistan, wounding at least six people.

Authorities say several police officers were among those wounded in Tuesday's blast in Bannu. The town is located just outside the North Waziristan tribal region known as a stronghold of al-Qaida and Taliban-linked militants.

The Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack.

It comes a day after a bombing killed two police officers in Peshawar.

NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen acknowledged Monday the "high price" Pakistan has paid for its efforts to defeat terrorism, and said the alliance stands with Pakistan as it combats the "scourge" of terrorism.

Some information for this report provided by AP and AFP.
  • 16x9 Image

    VOA News

    The Voice of America provides news and information in more than 40 languages to an estimated weekly audience of over 326 million people. Stories with the VOA News byline are the work of multiple VOA journalists and may contain information from wire service reports.

XS
SM
MD
LG