Pakistani Taliban claim responsibility as Musharraf condemns suicide attack
IRNA - Islamic Republic News Agency
Islamabad, Nov 8, IRNA
Pakistan-Taliban Claim
Pakistani Taliban have claimed responsibility for the suicide attack in an army camp, which killed some 40 recruit soldiers, a regional TV channel reported.
A caller, who identified himself as Abu Kaleem Ahmed Ansari and a spokesman for local Taliban, phoned journalists in Peshawar and said local Taliban men carried out the attack, Pashto language TV Khyber reported .
On the other hand President General Pervez Musharraf condemned the attack and ordered intelligence agencies to immediately initiate inquiry and to apprehend the masterminds.
Ansari did not name the suicide bomber but said he was a Pashtoon and belongs to North West Frontier Province.
He said the attack was a revenge of the air strike on a religious school in the tribal region, which had killed 80 people.
The purported spokesman said that the bomber had recorded a statement before the attack which will also be released.
The name of Abu Kaleem Ahmed Ansari has been heard for the first time.
President Musharraf told a meeting of parliamentarians that extremists have targeted innocent recruit soldiers and that the culprits would never escape severe punishment.
Terrorists have challenged the writ of the government by targeting soldiers, General Musharraf said.
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