A bomb set off a devastating series of explosions on Tuesday in a gas station, killing at least 20 dead in Faisalabad, the largest city in central Pakistan. At least 127 others were injured. Several hours later, rescuers were still trying to identify other victims from the rubble. The attack occurred in mid-morning near a tank of LPG (liquefied petroleum gas).
The service station was located near buildings occupied by central government departments and "agency sensitive", a term usually referring to the powerful intelligence services. Pakistan is experiencing an unprecedented wave of attacks (over 450), mostly perpetrated by suicide bombers Taliban allied with al-Qaida that has claimed more than 4,000 dead in three and a half years.
In the summer of 2007 and in unison with Osama bin Laden in person, these insurgents and fundamentalist allies have declared a jihad in Islamabad for supporting the "war against terrorism" by Washington since late 2001. The attacks are mostly security forces - army, police, intelligence services - but also civilian targets.
Friday in full great prayer, eleven people were victims of a bombing at a mosque in north-west, Nowshera, near the tribal areas bordering Afghanistan, a stronghold of the Taliban Movement of Pakistan (TTP), which has pledged allegiance to al-Qaida in 2007. On several occasions recently, TTP claimed responsibility for bomb attacks on security forces in retaliation, he said, the army offensives and almost daily missile fire against senior al-Qaida and Pakistani and Afghan Taliban by U.S.
CIA drones in the tribal areas. 
The service station was located near buildings occupied by central government departments and "agency sensitive", a term usually referring to the powerful intelligence services. Pakistan is experiencing an unprecedented wave of attacks (over 450), mostly perpetrated by suicide bombers Taliban allied with al-Qaida that has claimed more than 4,000 dead in three and a half years.
In the summer of 2007 and in unison with Osama bin Laden in person, these insurgents and fundamentalist allies have declared a jihad in Islamabad for supporting the "war against terrorism" by Washington since late 2001. The attacks are mostly security forces - army, police, intelligence services - but also civilian targets.
Friday in full great prayer, eleven people were victims of a bombing at a mosque in north-west, Nowshera, near the tribal areas bordering Afghanistan, a stronghold of the Taliban Movement of Pakistan (TTP), which has pledged allegiance to al-Qaida in 2007. On several occasions recently, TTP claimed responsibility for bomb attacks on security forces in retaliation, he said, the army offensives and almost daily missile fire against senior al-Qaida and Pakistani and Afghan Taliban by U.S.
CIA drones in the tribal areas.
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