<br/> At least 46 people were killed and more than 100 injured in two terror attacks in the north western Pakistan. While 43 people were killed and over 100 others injured in the suicide bombing in Timergara in lower Dir, three others, including a policeman, lost their lives in the attack targeting the American consulate in Peshawar. Taliban militants, dressed in battle fatigues, made a brazen attempt to storm the US consulate in Peshawar with car bombs and grenades.<br/><br/> The bodies of six militants were found in the area. Pakistani Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack with its spokesman Azam Tariq saying 3,000 fedayeen are ready to target the Americans.<br/><br/> Hours earlier, a suicide bomber struck a political gathering of NWFP's ruling Awami National Party to celebrate the renaming of the Pushtun dominated province as Khyber-Pakhtoonkhwa. At least 43 people were killed and 100 others injured in the attack in Timergara in lower Dir.
News On AIR | April 6, 2010 9:24 AM
At least 46 people killed in Pak terror attacks