Bomb in Southern Pakistan Kills at Least 10
By VOA News
14 January 2008
A bomb blast in the southern Pakistani city of Karachi has killed at least 10 people.
Police say at least 50 others were wounded when a bomb planted on a parked motorcycle went off Monday in the city's Quaidabad area.
It is not immediately clear who was behind the attack. Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf was in Karachi when the blast took place.
Pakistan has seen a wave of suicide bombings by Islamic militants over the past year -- including a gun and bomb attack in late December which killed former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto in Rawalpindi.
In other violence, military officials say fighting in a remote tribal area near the border with Afghanistan has killed 23 Islamic militants and seven Pakistani troops.
A military official says the fighting erupted today when militants attacked a paramilitary convoy in the Mohmand tribal district.
The attack comes just days after troops killed a number of militants in a tribal area of nearby South Waziristan as part of an effort to target Taliban and al-Qaida safe havens in the region.
Also in recent days, officials and residents say tribesmen killed at least two Uzbek militants during clashes in South Waziristan.
Last Friday, U.S. Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Admiral Michael Mullen expressed concern about the presence of al-Qaida safe havens in Pakistan.
Admiral Mullen said militants are not only launching attacks in neighboring Afghanistan but inside Pakistan as well. He called on Pakistani President Musharraf and his military advisors to confront the problem directly.
Some information for this report was provided by AFP and AP.
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