Nov 15, 2009 7:50 pm US/Eastern
Suicide Car Blast Kills 3 In Pakistan
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) ―
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British ISAF soldiers gather evidence next to destroyed cars at the scene of a suicide car bomb attack on the outskirts of Kabul, Aug. 18, 2009. A Taliban suicide bomber attacked a NATO convoy, killing at least seven people and wounding more than 50.
Kevin Frayer/AP
A pickup truck laden with explosives blew up in front of a police station in northwestern Pakistan on Monday, killing at least 3 people in an area that has become the focal point for militant retaliation against a recent army offensive.
Suspected militants have killed more than 300 civilians and security personnel in the last month in an attempt to weaken the country's resolve to continue the military operation in the tribal area of South Waziristan, where al-Qaida and Taliban leaders are believed to be hiding.
Police opened fire on the pickup truck as it approached a checkpoint in front of a police station in Badh Ber, but the driver was able to detonate his explosives, said Liaqat Ali Khan, the senior police chief in the main northwestern city of Peshawar.
The attack, which partly damaged the station and destroyed a small mosque and a house nearby, killed three people and injured 20 others, said Khan. Police and rescue workers were searching through the debris for the dead and injured, he said.
Badh Ber is located some seven miles (12 kilometers) south of Peshawar. The area in and around the city, which borders Pakistan's semiautonomous tribal region, has experienced a wave of attacks since the army launched its South Waziristan offensive in mid-October. More than 50 people have been killed in the area in a little over a week.
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