Attacks in Pakistan kill nearly 30 people
Last Updated:
There have been a number of violent attacks in Pakistan overnight, near the Afghan border and in the capital Islamabad.
A suicide bomber killed eight troops in an attack on their post in central Islamabad.
In a separate attack near the Afghan border, seven people, including two children, were killed at a paramilitary checkpoint in Miranshah when a suicide bomber blew up a car.
President Asif Ali Zardari and Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani have condemned the attacks.
The government has slammed a new wave of terrorism targeting the security forces.
Meanwhile, 13 people were killed when a pilotless U-S drone aircraft hit a stronghold of al Qaeda and Taliban militants in north Waziristan on the Afghan border.
One intelligence official says the missile hit a house where some guests were staying.
   |
   |
Features
News programs on Australia Network
News programs on Radio Australia
 
|
