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At least 91 people have been killed after a huge car bomb ripped through a busy market in Peshawar, Pakistan. The attack, which injured at least 200 others, was the deadliest to hit Pakistan this year.
Similar attacks have killed hundreds of people in recent weeks.
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The blast came as US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton began a visit to the Pakistani capital, Islamabad.
The Taliban have denied being behind this bombing, the BBC's Syed Shoaib Hasan in Islamabad says that few people will take the Taliban's denial seriously and they remain the major suspects for the bombing.
The blast tore through Peshawar's Peepal Mandi market street, which mostly sells products for women destroying several buildings including a mosque, and leaving others on fire, most of the dead were women and children.. eyewitness Mohammad Siddique told AFP news agency, "the police opened fire on us."
The BBC's Mark Dummett in Islamabad: At a news conference in Islamabad with Mrs Clinton, Foreign Minister Shah Mahmoud Qureshi promised that the country's resolve would not be shaken by "such heinous crimes," , he told potential militants.. "we will not buckle, we will fight you, we will fight you because we want stability and peace in Pakistan."
Mrs Clinton said the US was, "standing shoulder to shoulder" with Pakistan in its fight against "brutal extremist groups," she is in Pakistan to discuss US concerns about the increasing numbers of militant attacks, and the security of the country's nuclear weapons. She condemned the "vicious and brutal" attack in Peshawar and said the fight against the Taliban was "not Pakistan's alone, we will give you the help that you need in order to achieve your goal."
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Scaramouche: This attack must be seen as being sponsored by US thence Zionist interests, whose plan is to cause disruption and then to enter the fray to "assist."
Means that they intend to install a US military presence, which will become the only authority in that land, like it is now in Iraq and Afghanistan, all for the cause of Greater Yisrael!
Means that they intend to install a US military presence, which will become the only authority in that land, like it is now in Iraq and Afghanistan, all for the cause of Greater Yisrael!
28 Oct - At least 91 killed by a car bomb in a market in Peshawar
23 Oct - At least 22 killed in three attacks in northern Pakistan
20 Oct - Eight die in the twin blasts at a university in Islamabad
16 Oct - Twelve die in a bombing in Peshawar
15 Oct - About 40 die in a series of gun and bomb attacks
12 Oct - Security convoy attacked in Swat valley, 41 die
10 Oct - Militants attack Rawalpindi army HQ - 20 killed
9 Oct - At least 50 die in Peshawar suicide blast
5 Oct - Five killed in suicide bomb at UN Islamabad offices
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Last week, Pakistan launched an offensive in South Waziristan, which is considered to be the main sanctuary for Islamic militants outside Afghanistan. Correspondents say the Peshawar blasts will come as a violent reminder for the US of the difficult task it is facing in the fight against the Taliban, both in Pakistan and across the border in Afghanistan.