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At least nine people killed in explosion at Pakistan market
About 30 people wounded in blast in town of Sarai Naurang, in Lakki Marwat district, northwestern Pakistan.An explosion in a busy market in northwestern Pakistan has killed at least nine people and wounded 30, according to emergency workers and a medical official.The blast on Tuesday was caused by a bomb-laden rickshaw in Pakistan’s town of Sarai Naurang, in Lakki Marwat district, a region close to the border with Afghanistan, said police. Two traffic police and a woman are among those killed, according to local police chief Azmat Ullah.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemslist 1 of 3Ceasefire at risk as Pakistan and Afghanistan report cross-border attackslist 2 of 3‘War crime’: Afghan-Pakistan truce under strain after university strikelist 3 of 3Pakistan opens up road trade routes into Iran amid Hormuz blockadeend of listThe emergency response agency Rescue 1122 said about 30 people were wounded and those with serious injuries had been rushed to hospitals in Bannu.Mohammad Ishaq, the medical superintendent of THQ Hospital, said they had received 37 patients so far and some of them were in critical condition.There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the attack, which came days after 21 police officers were killed in a bombing and gun assault on a security post in the nearby Bannu district.Pakistan blamed the Pakistan Taliban, known as Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan, or TTP, for the assault. The group is separate from but allied with Afghanistan’s Taliban government and has intensified its campaign against Pakistani security forces in recent years.The Afghan Taliban administration on Tuesday rejected the allegation.“Pakistani officials’ latest remarks, which claim that an attack on a police centre in Bannu was planned in Afghanistan, are considered baseless and rejected,” Taliban spokesperson Zabihullah Mujahid said in a post on X.Pakistani authorities have long accused Afghanistan’s Taliban government of sheltering TTP fighters. Kabul has denied the allegation, saying it does not allow any attacks to be launched against other countries from its soil.Pakistan has witnessed a surge in violence in recent years, with the TTP and other armed groups growing more emboldened since the Afghan Taliban’s return to power in Kabul.Tensions between Pakistan and Afghanistan have escalated in recent months, and the two sides have engaged in fighting that has killed hundreds of people since late February. In early April, China mediated negotiations aimed at endi...
At least 9 killed, 35 wounded in market explosion in NW Pakistan
At least 9 killed, 35 wounded in market explosion in NW Pakistan
At least 9 killed after bomb rigged to rickshaw explodes in Pakistan market
A bomb rigged to a rickshaw exploded in a bazaar in northwest Pakistan on Tuesday, killing at least nine people and wounding more than two dozen others, police said, in the latest sign of ...
Bomb-Laden Rickshaw Blast Kills Nine in Pakistan Market
At least nine people were killed and more than two dozen others wounded when a bomb rigged to a rickshaw exploded in a bustling bazaar in northwest Pakistan on Tuesday, according to police. The attack marks the latest escalation in militant violence in the region bordering Afghanistan. Attack in Lakki Marwat The explosion occurred in Lakki Marwat, a district in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province ...
