Teenage Taliban bomber kills 24 in Pakistan
West Australian Friday 4th May, 2012
KHAR, Pakistan (AFP) - A teenage suicide bomber targeted police in a bustling Pakistan town square on Friday, killing at least 24 people and wounding dozens in the tribal area near the Afghan border, officials said.The Taliban claimed responsibility, saying it had wanted to kill the local chief and deputy of a tribal police force recruited by the government to help defeat the Islamist insurgency in the northwest.Both died in the attack in Khar, t...
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