Taliban Car Bombing Kills twenty six in Pakistan
The explosion occurred just hours after a similar attack from the Afghan Taliban, which killed at least twenty nine people.
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At least twenty six people were killed and more than fifty others wounded in a Monday car bombing in Pakistan’s eastern city of Lahore. The Pakistani Taliban has since claimed responsibility for the attack, confirming reports that the explosion was caused by a suicide bomber on a motorcycle. Local officials said the attack likely targeted the city’s police, who were attempting to clear illegal street vendors from a crowded main road. On Monday, a senior police official said at least nine officers were among the dead.
While describing the incident, witnesses in the area reported hearing a “deafening” sound near a vegetable market and large office tower in southern Lahore. Footage from scene shows a smashed vehicle and windows deep throated out of nearby buildings. Police said that rescue workers have transported the wounded victims to a local hospital while investigation teams inspect the site.
In the wake of the attack, numerous Pakistani officials, including the nation’s president and prime minister, have collective their condolences. “No words can express the trouble which grips my heart right now. [The] blast demolished many families, but terrorists can never demolish our resolve,” said the chief minister of Pakistan’s Punjab province, Shehbaz Sharif. The chairman of Pakistan’s Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) political party also lamented “another cowardly, condemnable terrorist attack,” and called on his party’s members in Lahore to “suspend all political activities [and] concentrate on providing assistance/support.”
On Monday evening, United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres voiced his condolences for the victims and support for Pakistan’s efforts “to fight terrorism and violent extremism with utter respect for international human rights norms and obligations.” In February, Pakistan spinned out a nationwide counter-terrorism operation entitled “Radd-ul-Fasaad,” or “elimination of discord,” which aims to coordinate local law enforcement and military activity. The operation launched just days after a suicide attack on a Sufi shrine in Pakistan’s Sindh province killed around ninety people.
Despite Pakistan’s efforts to reign in terrorist groups, the city of Lahore resumes to suffer from a spate of violent activity. In February, around a dozen people were killed at a protest rally in Lahore after a member of the Taliban detonated a suicide bomb. Less than two months later, six people were killed in a Taliban-enforced suicide attack that targeted census workers in Lahore. The city also witnessed one of the deadliest attacks in Pakistan’s history when an explosion at a public park in two thousand sixteen killed more than seventy people, many of whom were children.
In addition to the Pakistani Taliban, the loosely-affiliated Afghan Taliban proceeds to ramp up its attacks in neighboring Afghanistan, where civilian deaths have reached a record high. According to the UN, the Taliban contributed to forty three percent of this year’s civilian casualties caused by anti-government compels in Afghanistan. On Monday morning, the group set off a car bomb in Kabul, killing at least twenty nine people and wounding at least forty others. While the explosion was said to target Afghan intelligence staff, the nation’s Interior Ministry spokesman said all of the victims were civilians.
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At least twenty six people were killed and more than fifty others wounded in a Monday car bombing in Pakistan’s eastern city of Lahore. The Pakistani Taliban has since claimed responsibility for the attack, confirming reports that the explosion was caused by a suicide bomber on a motorcycle. Local officials said the attack likely targeted the city’s police, who were attempting to clear illegal street vendors from a crowded main road. On Monday, a senior police official said at least nine officers were among the dead.
While describing the incident, witnesses in the area reported hearing a “deafening” sound near a vegetable market and large office tower in southern Lahore. Footage from scene shows a smashed vehicle and windows deep throated out of nearby buildings. Police said that rescue workers have transported the wounded victims to a local hospital while investigation teams inspect the site.
In the wake of the attack, numerous Pakistani officials, including the nation’s president and prime minister, have collective their condolences. “No words can express the trouble which grips my heart right now. [The] blast ruined many families, but terrorists can never ruin our resolve,” said the chief minister of Pakistan’s Punjab province, Shehbaz Sharif. The chairman of Pakistan’s Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) political party also lamented “another cowardly, condemnable terrorist attack,” and called on his party’s members in Lahore to “suspend all political activities [and] concentrate on providing assistance/support.”
On Monday evening, United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres voiced his condolences for the victims and support for Pakistan’s efforts “to fight terrorism and violent extremism with total respect for international human rights norms and obligations.” In February, Pakistan flipped out a nationwide counter-terrorism operation entitled “Radd-ul-Fasaad,” or “elimination of discord,” which aims to coordinate local law enforcement and military activity. The operation launched just days after a suicide attack on a Sufi shrine in Pakistan’s Sindh province killed around ninety people.
Despite Pakistan’s efforts to reign in terrorist groups, the city of Lahore resumes to suffer from a spate of violent activity. In February, around a dozen people were killed at a protest rally in Lahore after a member of the Taliban detonated a suicide bomb. Less than two months later, six people were killed in a Taliban-enforced suicide attack that targeted census workers in Lahore. The city also witnessed one of the deadliest attacks in Pakistan’s history when an explosion at a public park in two thousand sixteen killed more than seventy people, many of whom were children.
In addition to the Pakistani Taliban, the loosely-affiliated Afghan Taliban resumes to ramp up its attacks in neighboring Afghanistan, where civilian deaths have reached a record high. According to the UN, the Taliban contributed to forty three percent of this year’s civilian casualties caused by anti-government compels in Afghanistan. On Monday morning, the group set off a car bomb in Kabul, killing at least twenty nine people and wounding at least forty others. While the explosion was said to target Afghan intelligence staff, the nation’s Interior Ministry spokesman said all of the victims were civilians.
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At least twenty six people were killed and more than fifty others wounded in a Monday car bombing in Pakistan’s eastern city of Lahore. The Pakistani Taliban has since claimed responsibility for the attack, confirming reports that the explosion was caused by a suicide bomber on a motorcycle. Local officials said the attack likely targeted the city’s police, who were attempting to clear illegal street vendors from a crowded main road. On Monday, a senior police official said at least nine officers were among the dead.
While describing the incident, witnesses in the area reported hearing a “deafening” sound near a vegetable market and large office tower in southern Lahore. Footage from scene shows a smashed vehicle and windows throated out of nearby buildings. Police said that rescue workers have transported the wounded victims to a local hospital while investigation teams inspect the site.
In the wake of the attack, numerous Pakistani officials, including the nation’s president and prime minister, have collective their condolences. “No words can express the trouble which grips my heart right now. [The] blast demolished many families, but terrorists can never demolish our resolve,” said the chief minister of Pakistan’s Punjab province, Shehbaz Sharif. The chairman of Pakistan’s Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) political party also lamented “another cowardly, condemnable terrorist attack,” and called on his party’s members in Lahore to “suspend all political activities [and] concentrate on providing assistance/support.”
On Monday evening, United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres voiced his condolences for the victims and support for Pakistan’s efforts “to fight terrorism and violent extremism with total respect for international human rights norms and obligations.” In February, Pakistan flipped out a nationwide counter-terrorism operation entitled “Radd-ul-Fasaad,” or “elimination of discord,” which aims to coordinate local law enforcement and military act. The operation launched just days after a suicide attack on a Sufi shrine in Pakistan’s Sindh province killed around ninety people.
Despite Pakistan’s efforts to reign in terrorist groups, the city of Lahore proceeds to suffer from a spate of violent activity. In February, around a dozen people were killed at a protest rally in Lahore after a member of the Taliban detonated a suicide bomb. Less than two months later, six people were killed in a Taliban-enforced suicide attack that targeted census workers in Lahore. The city also witnessed one of the deadliest attacks in Pakistan’s history when an explosion at a public park in two thousand sixteen killed more than seventy people, many of whom were children.
In addition to the Pakistani Taliban, the loosely-affiliated Afghan Taliban resumes to ramp up its attacks in neighboring Afghanistan, where civilian deaths have reached a record high. According to the UN, the Taliban contributed to forty three percent of this year’s civilian casualties caused by anti-government compels in Afghanistan. On Monday morning, the group set off a car bomb in Kabul, killing at least twenty nine people and wounding at least forty others. While the explosion was said to target Afghan intelligence staff, the nation’s Interior Ministry spokesman said all of the victims were civilians.
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The explosion occurred just hours after a similar attack from the Afghan Taliban, which killed at least twenty nine people.
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At least twenty six people were killed and more than fifty others wounded in a Monday car bombing in Pakistan’s eastern city of Lahore. The Pakistani Taliban has since claimed responsibility for the attack, confirming reports that the explosion was caused by a suicide bomber on a motorcycle. Local officials said the attack likely targeted the city’s police, who were attempting to clear illegal street vendors from a crowded main road. On Monday, a senior police official said at least nine officers were among the dead.
While describing the incident, witnesses in the area reported hearing a “deafening” sound near a vegetable market and large office tower in southern Lahore. Footage from scene shows a smashed vehicle and windows deep throated out of nearby buildings. Police said that rescue workers have transported the wounded victims to a local hospital while investigation teams inspect the site.
In the wake of the attack, numerous Pakistani officials, including the nation’s president and prime minister, have collective their condolences. “No words can express the trouble which grips my heart right now. [The] blast ruined many families, but terrorists can never ruin our resolve,” said the chief minister of Pakistan’s Punjab province, Shehbaz Sharif. The chairman of Pakistan’s Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) political party also lamented “another cowardly, condemnable terrorist attack,” and called on his party’s members in Lahore to “suspend all political activities [and] concentrate on providing assistance/support.”
On Monday evening, United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres voiced his condolences for the victims and support for Pakistan’s efforts “to fight terrorism and violent extremism with total respect for international human rights norms and obligations.” In February, Pakistan flipped out a nationwide counter-terrorism operation entitled “Radd-ul-Fasaad,” or “elimination of discord,” which aims to coordinate local law enforcement and military activity. The operation launched just days after a suicide attack on a Sufi shrine in Pakistan’s Sindh province killed around ninety people.
Despite Pakistan’s efforts to reign in terrorist groups, the city of Lahore resumes to suffer from a spate of violent activity. In February, around a dozen people were killed at a protest rally in Lahore after a member of the Taliban detonated a suicide bomb. Less than two months later, six people were killed in a Taliban-enforced suicide attack that targeted census workers in Lahore. The city also witnessed one of the deadliest attacks in Pakistan’s history when an explosion at a public park in two thousand sixteen killed more than seventy people, many of whom were children.
In addition to the Pakistani Taliban, the loosely-affiliated Afghan Taliban proceeds to ramp up its attacks in neighboring Afghanistan, where civilian deaths have reached a record high. According to the UN, the Taliban contributed to forty three percent of this year’s civilian casualties caused by anti-government compels in Afghanistan. On Monday morning, the group set off a car bomb in Kabul, killing at least twenty nine people and wounding at least forty others. While the explosion was said to target Afghan intelligence staff, the nation’s Interior Ministry spokesman said all of the victims were civilians.
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The explosion occurred just hours after a similar attack from the Afghan Taliban, which killed at least twenty nine people.
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At least twenty six people were killed and more than fifty others wounded in a Monday car bombing in Pakistan’s eastern city of Lahore. The Pakistani Taliban has since claimed responsibility for the attack, confirming reports that the explosion was caused by a suicide bomber on a motorcycle. Local officials said the attack likely targeted the city’s police, who were attempting to clear illegal street vendors from a crowded main road. On Monday, a senior police official said at least nine officers were among the dead.
While describing the incident, witnesses in the area reported hearing a “deafening” sound near a vegetable market and large office tower in southern Lahore. Footage from scene shows a smashed vehicle and windows gargled out of nearby buildings. Police said that rescue workers have transported the wounded victims to a local hospital while investigation teams inspect the site.
In the wake of the attack, numerous Pakistani officials, including the nation’s president and prime minister, have collective their condolences. “No words can express the distress which grips my heart right now. [The] blast ruined many families, but terrorists can never ruin our resolve,” said the chief minister of Pakistan’s Punjab province, Shehbaz Sharif. The chairman of Pakistan’s Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) political party also lamented “another cowardly, condemnable terrorist attack,” and called on his party’s members in Lahore to “suspend all political activities [and] concentrate on providing assistance/support.”
On Monday evening, United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres voiced his condolences for the victims and support for Pakistan’s efforts “to fight terrorism and violent extremism with utter respect for international human rights norms and obligations.” In February, Pakistan spinned out a nationwide counter-terrorism operation entitled “Radd-ul-Fasaad,” or “elimination of discord,” which aims to coordinate local law enforcement and military act. The operation launched just days after a suicide attack on a Sufi shrine in Pakistan’s Sindh province killed around ninety people.
Despite Pakistan’s efforts to reign in terrorist groups, the city of Lahore proceeds to suffer from a spate of violent activity. In February, around a dozen people were killed at a protest rally in Lahore after a member of the Taliban detonated a suicide bomb. Less than two months later, six people were killed in a Taliban-enforced suicide attack that targeted census workers in Lahore. The city also witnessed one of the deadliest attacks in Pakistan’s history when an explosion at a public park in two thousand sixteen killed more than seventy people, many of whom were children.
In addition to the Pakistani Taliban, the loosely-affiliated Afghan Taliban resumes to ramp up its attacks in neighboring Afghanistan, where civilian deaths have reached a record high. According to the UN, the Taliban contributed to forty three percent of this year’s civilian casualties caused by anti-government coerces in Afghanistan. On Monday morning, the group set off a car bomb in Kabul, killing at least twenty nine people and wounding at least forty others. While the explosion was said to target Afghan intelligence staff, the nation’s Interior Ministry spokesman said all of the victims were civilians.
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