Months after the Pakistani army declared that the Taliban had been flushed out of Bajaur, the outfit's militants have resurfaced in the insurgency-hit tribal region and resumed broadcasts on their illegal FM radio channel warning the women against casting votes.
A majority of the victims died after being taken to a nearby hospital. At least five shops and several vehicles were destroyed by the blast.
A member of an anti-Taliban militia died in a bomb blast while 11 militants were killed in an operation by security forces in northwest Pakistan on Sunday, officials said.
A man was killed when a remote-controlled bomb went off in the lawless Bajaur tribal region in northwest Pakistan on Wednesday, officials said. A group of security personnel were on a routine patrol in the Salarzai area of Bajaur Agency when they were targeted with the remote-controlled explosive device planted by the roadside. One security personnel was killed instantly, said officials of the local administration.
At least eight people were killed and over 40 others injured on Thursday when a suicide bomber struck a tribal council, which was discussing ways to take on the local Taliban, in Pakistan's restive Bajaur Agency.The jirga or council of the pro-government Salarzai tribe was discussing measures to flush out militants from the area when the attack occurred.Local residents said the number of dead and injured could be much higher and it was difficult to get details.
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