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PESHWAR, Pakistan, Nov 08, 2009 (Tribune Newspapers - McClatchy-Tribune News Service via COMTEX) -- A suicide bomber attacked a livestock market in the suburbs of the violence-racked northwestern Pakistani city of Peshawar on Sunday, killing a mayor who had opposed the Taliban and 11 other people. Abdul Malik, mayor of the village of Adazai, was with his bodyguards at the market when the bomber struck. Peshawar police official Sahibzada Muhammad Anees said Malik was the target. Malik, who had survived previous attempts on his life by the Taliban, had recently organized a tribal militia to keep militants from the neighboring Khyber region out of his village, about 10 miles south of Peshawar. "I saw the mayor accompanied by armed guards in the market when the explosion took place," said Imtiaz Khan, a resident who suffered wounds to his left leg in the attack. "His bodyguards tried to overcome the bomber before the blast." Police said 35 people were injured in the explosion. Eight of the injured were in critical condition. Jafar Shah, who buys and sells cattle at the market, said Malik should have known he was a potential target and was endangering the lives of others by appearing at the market. "Malik was responsible for the blood bath," said Shah, who suffered a gash to his shoulder. "He should not have come to the market because he was under threat, and everybody knows the Taliban were pursuing him to eliminate him." The attack is the latest in a series of strikes by Taliban militants in retaliation for a large-scale military offensive that Pakistani troops are carrying out against the Taliban in South Waziristan, the militant group's primary stronghold along the Afghan border. Military officials say troops have much of South Waziristan under their control and have entered one of the last Taliban havens, the town of Makeen. Military commanders say more than 400 militants have been killed in three weeks of fighting. However, claims by the Pakistani army cannot be verified because the government does not allow access to the conflict zone, except for carefully supervised trips for foreign journalists. ___ Ali is a special correspondent. Rodriguez reported from Islamabad, Pakistan. ___ (c) 2009, Tribune Co. Distributed by McClatchy-Tribune Information Services. For reprints, email tmsreprints@permissionsgroup.com, call 800-374-7985 or 847-635-6550, send a fax to 847-635-6968, or write to The Permissions Group Inc., 1247 Milwaukee Ave., Suite 303, Glenview, IL 60025, USA. |
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