29 Dead in Blast: Pakistan

by Amitjha | October 12, 2009 at 01:57 am

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Stories from Pakistan always starts will blast, blood, death. In one similar story, sorry reality, 29 people died in north west Pakistan died in a bomb blast. Militants are flexing muscles in these area which army claims that they have retaken it from Taliban.

At least 29 people have been killed in a bombing near Swat valley in north-west Pakistan, officials say.

The explosion hit a security convoy in Shangla district - an area the military said it had retaken from militants.

It is the latest in a string of attacks and comes ahead of an expected army assault against the militants in South Waziristan near the Afghan border.

On Saturday militants stormed the army headquarters in Rawalpindi. Pakistan has vowed to hit back "imminently".

The Pakistani Taliban said it was responsible for the attack in Rawalpindi, saying it had been carried out by a Punjab faction of the group.

Spokesman Azam Tariq said it was to avenge the recent killing of Pakistani Taliban leader Baitullah Mehsud by a US drone.