KHAR (Pakistan) - AT LEAST 41 people were killed in a suicide bombing on Saturday in a north-western Pakistani tribal area bordering Afghanistan, officials said.
The blast took place at a ration distribution point of the World Food Programme in Khar, the main town of lawless Bajaur tribal district.
'At least 41 people are dead and more than 60 wounded in suicide bombing,' tribal administration official Sohail Khan said.
Doctor Mohammad Hafeez, head of the local state-run hospital, confirmed the death toll and said there were several women and children among the casualties.
Bajaur was once a stronghold of Taleban militants who have carried out several bombing and suicide attacks.
Pakistan's military first launched operations in Bajaur in August 2008 and have repeatedly claimed to have eliminated the Islamist militant threat. -- AFP
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