Peshawar, Friday, May 20, 2011. / Fayaz Aziz A bomb killed a passer-by, Friday, May 20 in Peshawar, Pakistan. The attack targeted two cars in the U.S. consulate, which at least one armored and two consulate employees were slightly injured, said the U.S. embassy and the police. The Pakistani Taliban have claimed responsibility.
"We are targeting the diplomatic staff of all NATO countries," he said by telephone Ehsanullah Ehsan, a spokesman for Pakistani Taliban. "We will continue to conduct such attacks. Pakistan is our first target, America's second", he added. "A vehicle was damaged, no one was killed among our staff and none was seriously injured," said the spokesman of the embassy in Islamabad, which has not indicated how many employees consulate were injured.
Earlier, police announced that a Pakistani from a motorcycle was killed by the explosion, and eleven people, including two foreign occupants of an armored car, wounded but slightly. The Pakistani Taliban allied with al-Qaeda have vowed to avenge the death of Osama bin Laden, killed May 2 by an American helicopter-borne commandos in northern Pakistan, intensifying their campaign of attacks against government and security forces Pakistani, but also U.S.
interests. The bomb was hidden at the roadside, police said. 
"We are targeting the diplomatic staff of all NATO countries," he said by telephone Ehsanullah Ehsan, a spokesman for Pakistani Taliban. "We will continue to conduct such attacks. Pakistan is our first target, America's second", he added. "A vehicle was damaged, no one was killed among our staff and none was seriously injured," said the spokesman of the embassy in Islamabad, which has not indicated how many employees consulate were injured.
Earlier, police announced that a Pakistani from a motorcycle was killed by the explosion, and eleven people, including two foreign occupants of an armored car, wounded but slightly. The Pakistani Taliban allied with al-Qaeda have vowed to avenge the death of Osama bin Laden, killed May 2 by an American helicopter-borne commandos in northern Pakistan, intensifying their campaign of attacks against government and security forces Pakistani, but also U.S.
interests. The bomb was hidden at the roadside, police said.
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