PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistani officials say the death toll in an attack by a pair of suicide bombers in a militant-infested area in the country's northwest has risen to 40.
Mohammad Khalid Khan says the militants struck a local government compound of the top official in Mohmand, one of Pakistan's semiautonomous tribal areas, while a tribal jirga was meeting to discuss forming an anti-Taliban militia.
Shad Khan, head of the main hospital in Ghalanai town, where the attack occurred, says Monday's blast also wounded more than 60 people.
Khan, the administrator, said the dead and wounded included tribal elders, police and political officials. He said Amjad Ali Khan, the top political official in Mohmand, was not hurt.
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PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistani officials say a pair of suicide bombers have attacked the compound of the top political official in a militant-infested area in the country's northwest, killing 28 people.
Mohammad Khalid Khan says the militant attack on the compound in Mohmand, one of Pakistan's semiautonomous tribal areas, took place while a tribal jirga was meeting to discuss forming an anti-Taliban militia.
Shamsul Islam, another local official, says Monday's blasts also wounded more than 40 people.
Khan said the dead and wounded included tribal elders, police and lower ranking political officials. He says Amjad Ali Khan, the top political official in Mohmand, and his senior staff were not hurt.
