Khar, July 09: A suicide bomber on a motorcycle has struck outside a government office in a tribal region where Pakistan’s army has fought the Taliban, killing at least 18 people and wounding nearly 100 others.
The bomber detonated explosives near the Yakaghund village office of the Mohmand tribal region’s assistant political agent.
Security official Esa Khan said the bomber was on a motorcycle and detonated his weapons when asked to stop.
Khan said the blast destroyed shops, government offices and a small prison. TV film from the area showed dozens of men pouring through piles of yellow brick and mud rubble in search of survivors.
———Agencies