A child in school uniform blew himself up Thursday in a military recruitment center Pakistan, killing at 31 cadets, officials said, in an attack that challenges the Government's said that weakened the militants. The Pakistani army has carried out a series of offensives against Taliban insurgents linked to Al-Qaeda, which 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. "The bomber struck as recruits were doing their morning training," said a military official. At least 20 people were injured. 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." "It seems the Taliban are still very powerful force because they continue attacking facilities, although have been quiet for a while, "said Gen.
Talat Masood. "It reaffirmed after a while and take time to consider something less than a threat," he said. The Taliban have previously launched attacks against the army, which is the most powerful institution in this country that has nuclear capability. Last March, two suicide bombers with a bomb killed at least 45 people in the city of Lahore, including nine soldiers.
In 2009, the Taliban were disguised as soldiers to attack the Army headquarters in Rawalpindi and then took 42 hostages in a nearby office building. Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani, condemned the attack in central Punjab. "Such cowardly attacks can not affect the morale of the security institutions and the country's determination to eradicate terrorism," he said in a statement.
Gilani's government faces pressure on multiple fronts. Is trying to revive a stagnant economy with an International Monetary Fund loan of 11 billion dollars that requires delicate political reforms. The public discontent is growing official corruption, rampant poverty and power cuts. Washington, the source of billions of dollars in aid, is pressuring Pakistan to intensify its war against local militants who cross the long porous border to attack foreign forces in Afghanistan. 
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. "The bomber struck as recruits were doing their morning training," said a military official. At least 20 people were injured. 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." "It seems the Taliban are still very powerful force because they continue attacking facilities, although have been quiet for a while, "said Gen.
Talat Masood. "It reaffirmed after a while and take time to consider something less than a threat," he said. The Taliban have previously launched attacks against the army, which is the most powerful institution in this country that has nuclear capability. Last March, two suicide bombers with a bomb killed at least 45 people in the city of Lahore, including nine soldiers.
In 2009, the Taliban were disguised as soldiers to attack the Army headquarters in Rawalpindi and then took 42 hostages in a nearby office building. Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani, condemned the attack in central Punjab. "Such cowardly attacks can not affect the morale of the security institutions and the country's determination to eradicate terrorism," he said in a statement.
Gilani's government faces pressure on multiple fronts. Is trying to revive a stagnant economy with an International Monetary Fund loan of 11 billion dollars that requires delicate political reforms. The public discontent is growing official corruption, rampant poverty and power cuts. Washington, the source of billions of dollars in aid, is pressuring Pakistan to intensify its war against local militants who cross the long porous border to attack foreign forces in Afghanistan.
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