Pakistan (AP) - A crowded bazaar car bomb tore through the office of the anti-Taliban tribal elders in Pakistan's North-West Frontier Province on Saturday, killing at least 17 people, officials said.
The explosion of the town of Darra Adam Heller is the latest strike-plagued region near the Afghan border, militants still pose a threat to the stability of a key U.S. ally Pakistan, despite the government's offensive against the Taliban and their supporters.
No organization immediately claimed responsibility, but the Pakistani Taliban have held a similar attack Darra Adam Heller to punish elders support the security forces in the tribal areas in the offensive against militants.
Explosives laden car parked near the office of a committee of local elders to try to get rid of the militants in the region has been the formation of the so-called peace, regional government administration Fakhruddin Khan said.
It is unclear how much time in the office, but Khan said the victims, including tribal elders and passers-by.
He also said that 40 people were injured, the attack destroyed 35 shops and eight cars. Deaths and injuries, including some in critical condition, has been transported to the Hospital of the northwestern city of Peshawar.
This is - Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, the region is famous arms market selling guns by local artisans.
Provincial Information Minister Mian Iftikhar Hussain, accused the Taliban in Pakistan, also noted that the Islamic fundamentalist movement has been trying to kill a 14-year-old girl who is the girls' education advocate and critic of the Taliban. Malala Yousufzai was shot and wounded in the Swat valley, Taliban gunmen in the attack on Tuesday, has attracted widespread condemnation.
Girl still breathing, but stable condition, military spokesman Major General Asim Salim Bajwa told reporters Saturday.
After she was airlifted from the Swat attack, where doctors remove a bullet from her neck, a military hospital in the border city of Peshawar. Came into her head the bullets before traveling to her spine. Bajwa said, it is too early to say whether she has a significant head injuries.
Reducing her sedative on Saturday, she moved her arms and legs. Bajwa said, this is a good sign.
Saturday school classes, Yousufzai attended the main town of Mingora in the Swat region - by her father - to re-open. About 80% of the students, but many people sad, scared, a teacher, said Asghar Khan.
Khan, said: "We want them to focus on their studies without any fear or attack psychological impact.
About 500 tribal elders held a rally on Saturday Yousufzai support in Mingora. Some dogs were killed in the attack, 14-year-old girl and two other photos. They shouted, "malala, we are with you."
Provincial Information Minister Hussein urged the federal government to consider the introduction of a "decisive action against terrorists, in order to eliminate the militants.
"In so many attacks, these Taliban have killed innocent people, they killed our people, rather than wasting time, we should beat them, and we should do as soon as possible to save precious lives, we are innocent girls like malala Yousufzai, "he told reporters in Peshawar.



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