Friday, February 11, 2011

Minor attack against a police academy takes 31 lives

A child in school uniform blew himself up in an Army recruitment center, killing Pakistani to 31 cadets, in an attack that challenges the Government's said that weakened the militants. At least 20 people were injured. The Pakistani army has carried out a series of offensives against Taliban insurgents linked to Al Qaeda that claimed responsibility for the attack.

Operations in the lawless tribal areas along the Afghan border have failed to break the resolution of Taliban fighters determined to destabilize the US-backed government. The pump in the northwestern town of Mardan suggests that militants are regrouping after a period of relative calm. In a sign of nervousness of the government on security issues, the soldiers at the gate of the military recorded to allow drivers before they entered the coffins in the room.

Extremist operations in recent months have been mostly non-sectarian and have concentrated on military targets. An army statement said a child entered the room and blew himself up, without giving details of their age. An intelligence official said he was 12 years, but then government members said they were between 19 and 20.

The Taliban said they were responsible for the attack and added that attacked recruits because "the Pakistani army is working for U.S. interests in Pakistan." The Taliban have previously launched attacks against the army, the country's most powerful institution, which has nuclear capability.

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