In Pakistan, at least 41 people were killed and 115 injured when two suicide bombers struck a crowded Sufi shrine near Dera Ghazi Khan in Punjab province on Sunday. The first bomber blew himself up near the entrance of Sakhi Sarwar Darbar, a shrine dedicated to 13th century saint Syed Ahmad Sultan. The second bomber struck a security check post outside the shrine, which is located 30 km from Dera Ghazi Khan. The Pakistani Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack. Taliban spokesman Ahsanullah Ahsan told the media that his group carried out the attack in retaliation for military operations against militants in northwest Pakistan. Regional police chief Ahmed Mubarak said that two would-be suicide bombers were arrested at the shrine. One of the arrested men is injured. Thousands of people were attending the annual 'urs' or festival of the shrine located in the Sulaiman mountain range when the bombers struck. President Asif Ali Zardari and Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani condemned the attack and said such acts of terrorism will not deter the government's resolve to fight terrorism and militancy to the end.