Suicide car bombing in Pakistan kills 14 soldiers and wounds 25 people

PESHAWAR Pakistan AP A suicide car bombing in northwest Pakistan on Saturday killed at least soldiers and wounded people including civilians bureaucrats disclosed The attack targeted a military automobile in North Waziristan around lunchtime despite a curfew across the tribal district to facilitate the movement of safety forces the intelligence bureaucrats declared speaking on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss the issue with the media An initial scrutiny disclosed kilograms pounds of explosives were used in the assault causing severe damage to houses in the area The wounded were soldiers and civilians including children the executives disclosed Pakistan s military gave lower casualty figures saying the attack killed soldiers and wounded three civilians It blamed the circumstance on rival India without providing evidence Footage of the blast in Khadi village indicated bandaged children lying on the floor near shattered glass and debris A Pakistani Taliban faction the Hafiz Gul Bahadur group claimed responsibility for the bombing Northwest Pakistan s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province is home to several outlawed militant groups that frequently attack defense personnel Pakistan blames Afghanistan for giving them haven a charge denied by Kabul In March Pakistani analyst Abdullah Khan notified The Associated Press that the Hafiz Gul Bahadur faction was more lethal than the Pakistani Taliban and was competing with them Khan the managing director of the Pakistan Institute for Conflict and Measure Studies also declared there was a revival of banned organizations like Lashkar-e-Islam which operates from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa contributing to an overall escalation of militant activity in Pakistan This story corrects the number of dead and wounded Source