17 Jan 2011
Source: reuters // Reuters
KOHAT, Pakistan, Jan 17 (Reuters) - A bomb exploded on Monday on a bus in northwest Pakistan killing at least 10 people, police and intelligence officials said.
Fifteen people were wounded in the blast near the town of Kohat.
"It is not yet confirmed if it's a suicide attack or the bomb was planted on the bus," senior top police official Shahidullah told Reuters by telephone.
Pakistani Taliban militants have carried out numerous suicide bombings and other attacks on soldiers, security forces and police in a bid to destabilise the U.S.-backed government.
The government has said military offensives have weakened the Taliban -- who are linked to al Qaeda -- but militants often move around and establish new strongholds after being dislodged.
Aside from facing a stubborn Taliban insurgency, the government is under pressure from the United States, the source of billions of dollars in aid, to help its efforts to stabilise Afghanistan. (Reporting by Shams Mohmand and Augustine Anthony; Editing by Michael Georgy)
(E-mail: augustine.anthony@thomsonreuters.com; Reuters Messaging: augustine.anthony@thomsonreuters.com; Islamabad newsroom: +92 51 281 0017))
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