Motorcycle bomber kills at least 48 in Pakistan
A suicide bomber on a motorcycle struck outside a government office Friday in a tribal region where Pakistan's army has fought the Taliban, killing at least 48 people and wounding around 80, officials said.
The attack indicated that militants remain a potent force in Pakistan's tribal belt, which borders Afghanistan, despite army offensives. The US has praised Pakistan for taking on Islamist extremists that use the tribal region to plan attacks on Western troops across the border, but the militants have often retaliated on Pakistani soil. (AP)
