A suicide bomber blew himself up at a military checkpoint in northwest Pakistan today, killing at least 16 people.
Senior government official Iqbal Khattak told media that the man, wearing a vest packed with explosives, walked up to a post in Khar, the main town in the restive tribal region of Bajaur, and detonated the bomb.
The area has become a stronghold for hundreds of Islamist extremists who fled Afghanistan after the ousting of the Taliban regime in Kabul in late 2001.
compiled from agency reports
Senior government official Iqbal Khattak told media that the man, wearing a vest packed with explosives, walked up to a post in Khar, the main town in the restive tribal region of Bajaur, and detonated the bomb.
The area has become a stronghold for hundreds of Islamist extremists who fled Afghanistan after the ousting of the Taliban regime in Kabul in late 2001.
compiled from agency reports
