<p>At least 43 people were killed and over 100 injured in Pakistan today in different attacks, including a powerful bomb blast that targeted a passing convoy of security forces.<br /><br /></p>.<p>In the first incident, at least 17 people, including four children, were killed and nearly 50 injured when the powerful remote-controlled bomb targeted a passing convoy of security forces near a busy market here in northwest Pakistan.<br /><br />The blast, believed to be an IED explosion, targeted the convoy of Frontier Corps on their way to Khyber Pakhtunkhwa's capital Peshawar from Kohat district but narrowly missed it.<br />Javed Marwat, Deputy Commissioner of Peshawar, said, "17 people were killed in the remote control blast."<br /><br />In another attack, two bomb blasts near a Shiite mosque killed at least 19 people in southwestern city of Quetta.<br /><br />The suspected suicide bombing near Abu Talib Imambargah at the Shiite-majority Hazara town also injured over 60 persons.<br /><br />In South Waziristan, a rocket attack killed four people and injured 15 others while in the North Waziristan tribal region, a roadside bomb killed three security personnel, officials said.<br /><br />Marwat told reporters that the injured were shifted to Lady Reading Hospital and condition of some of them were critical.<br /><br />According to police‚ the bomb was planted in a car and was triggered when the convoy approached was passing through Badaber area of Peshawar.<br /><br />Bomb Disposal Squad official Abdul Haq said 40-50 KG of explosives were used in the blast, which also destroyed 10 vehicles and several shops.<br /><br />After the blast‚ gunshots were exchanged between security forces and the terrorists.<br />No group claimed responsibility for the attack.<br /><br />President Asif Ali Zardari and Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif have strongly condemned the blast.</p>
<p>At least 43 people were killed and over 100 injured in Pakistan today in different attacks, including a powerful bomb blast that targeted a passing convoy of security forces.<br /><br /></p>.<p>In the first incident, at least 17 people, including four children, were killed and nearly 50 injured when the powerful remote-controlled bomb targeted a passing convoy of security forces near a busy market here in northwest Pakistan.<br /><br />The blast, believed to be an IED explosion, targeted the convoy of Frontier Corps on their way to Khyber Pakhtunkhwa's capital Peshawar from Kohat district but narrowly missed it.<br />Javed Marwat, Deputy Commissioner of Peshawar, said, "17 people were killed in the remote control blast."<br /><br />In another attack, two bomb blasts near a Shiite mosque killed at least 19 people in southwestern city of Quetta.<br /><br />The suspected suicide bombing near Abu Talib Imambargah at the Shiite-majority Hazara town also injured over 60 persons.<br /><br />In South Waziristan, a rocket attack killed four people and injured 15 others while in the North Waziristan tribal region, a roadside bomb killed three security personnel, officials said.<br /><br />Marwat told reporters that the injured were shifted to Lady Reading Hospital and condition of some of them were critical.<br /><br />According to police‚ the bomb was planted in a car and was triggered when the convoy approached was passing through Badaber area of Peshawar.<br /><br />Bomb Disposal Squad official Abdul Haq said 40-50 KG of explosives were used in the blast, which also destroyed 10 vehicles and several shops.<br /><br />After the blast‚ gunshots were exchanged between security forces and the terrorists.<br />No group claimed responsibility for the attack.<br /><br />President Asif Ali Zardari and Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif have strongly condemned the blast.</p>