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By Benjamin SandA wave of deadly attacks in Pakistan is raising fears of a widespread militant1 backlash days after government forces raided a radical2 mosque3 in the capital. Suicide bombings in Pakistan's tribal4 areas have killed at least 50 people in the past 48 hours and tribal militants5 reportedly have pulled out of a peace agreement with the government. From Islamabad, VOA Correspondent Benjamin Sand reports.
A Pakistani paramedic gives initial treatment to a soldier injured in the suicide bombing, at a local hospital in Matta, 15 July 2007 |
The latest violence occurred in Pakistan's Northwest Frontier Province.
Military spokesman Major General Waheed Arshad says militants ambushed6 a police convoy7 as it passed through a local marketplace in the district of Swat.
"There were two suicide bombers9 who attacked the convoy and also one IED blast," Arshad said.
He says at least 13 people were killed and 52 injured.
And in the same province, just hours later, a powerful blast at a police recruiting center killed at least 11 Pakistanis.
Saturday, a suicide bomber8 killed 24 paramilitary soldiers in Pakistan's remote tribal area near the Afghan border.
Officials say the violence is an apparent response to last week's military raid on a radical Mosque in central Islamabad. At least 85 people were killed during the assault of Lal Masjid or the Red Mosque.
The pro-Taleban mosque was a well-known center for Islamic militancy10 and attracted numerous supporters from the volatile11 tribal areas.
Pakistani troops gather at site of suicide bombing in Matta, a town in Swat mountainous area of Pakistan's Northwest Frontier Province bordering Afghanistan, 15 July 2007 |
Sunday, Pro-Taleban militants in the North Waziristan tribal area said they are withdrawing from a controversial peace agreement with government forces.
Under that deal, tribal leaders agreed to expel foreign extremists who were using the area to stage cross border attacks into Afghanistan. In exchange, the government ended most of its security operations in the area.
The militants accused the government of breaking the deal by deploying14 thousands of new troops to the area and attacking "local Taleban."
General Arshad told VOA the militants are in no position to dissolve the peacce agreements.
"The peace agreement was not with the local so-called Taleban. They were with the tribes, so it is the up to the tribes to say what they want to say about the agreement, not the local militants," Arshad said.
U.S. and Afghan officials have sharply condemned15 the controversial peace deals.
Security analysts16 say Taleban and al-Qaida militants have used the agreements to establish safe havens17 and guerilla bases inside Pakistan.
1 militant | |
adj.激进的,好斗的;n.激进分子,斗士 | |
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n.激进份子,原子团,根号;adj.根本的,激进的,彻底的 | |
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3 mosque | |
n.清真寺 | |
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4 tribal | |
adj.部族的,种族的 | |
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激进分子,好斗分子( militant的名词复数 ) | |
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6 ambushed | |
v.埋伏( ambush的过去式和过去分词 );埋伏着 | |
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7 convoy | |
vt.护送,护卫,护航;n.护送;护送队 | |
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8 bomber | |
n.轰炸机,投弹手,投掷炸弹者 | |
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n.轰炸机( bomber的名词复数 );投弹手;安非他明胶囊;大麻叶香烟 | |
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10 militancy | |
n.warlike behavior or tendency | |
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adj.反复无常的,挥发性的,稍纵即逝的,脾气火爆的;n.挥发性物质 | |
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起誓,发誓(vow的现在分词形式) | |
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(尤指军事行动)使展开( deploy的现在分词 ); 施展; 部署; 有效地利用 | |
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adj. 被责难的, 被宣告有罪的 动词condemn的过去式和过去分词 | |
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17 havens | |
n.港口,安全地方( haven的名词复数 )v.港口,安全地方( haven的第三人称单数 ) | |
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