Police van targeted by a roadside bomb

Dawn.com Published May 12, 2012
Pakistani police, rescue workers and civilians push back a police vehicle which was hit by roadside bomb, in Peshawar, Pakistan, Saturday, May 12, 2012. ? Photo by AP
Pakistani police, rescue workers and civilians push back a police vehicle which was hit by roadside bomb, in Peshawar, Pakistan, Saturday, May 12, 2012. ? Photo by AP
A Pakistani policeman, who was injured in a roadside bomb, reacts from his pain, at a hospital in Peshawar, Pakistan. ? Photo by AP
A Pakistani policeman, who was injured in a roadside bomb, reacts from his pain, at a hospital in Peshawar, Pakistan. ? Photo by AP
A Pakistani police officer walks at the site of a roadside bomb in Peshawar, Pakistan. ? Photo by AP
A Pakistani police officer walks at the site of a roadside bomb in Peshawar, Pakistan. ? Photo by AP
Doctors comfort a Pakistani woman, who was injured in a roadside bomb, at a hospital in Peshawar, Pakistan. ? Photo by AP
Doctors comfort a Pakistani woman, who was injured in a roadside bomb, at a hospital in Peshawar, Pakistan. ? Photo by AP
Pakistani police officers are seen through the wreckage of a rickshaw damaged in a roadside bomb in Peshawar, Pakistan. ? Photo by AP
Pakistani police officers are seen through the wreckage of a rickshaw damaged in a roadside bomb in Peshawar, Pakistan. ? Photo by AP
Pakistani policemen remove a badly damaged police vehicle from the road following a bomb explosion in Peshawar. ? Photo by AFP
Pakistani policemen remove a badly damaged police vehicle from the road following a bomb explosion in Peshawar. ? Photo by AFP

A police vehicle was hit by a roadside bomb in Peshawar. The blast took place on the G T RoadinPeshawar’s Gulbahar area. Police officer, Javed Khan, said 12 civilians and five police officers were also wounded in the attack. He said the officers were escorting a prison van, but no prisoner was hurt. No group has claimed responsibility, but the Pakistani branch of the Taliban often targets police, military troops and other security forces to pressure the government to end support for the United States in its campaign against al Qaeda and other militant groups.

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Saurabh
May 14, 2012 08:36am
Very bad! Shouldn't have happened.
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Suprakash saha..SILIGURI..INDIA
May 12, 2012 02:05pm
What is the point of view of AAM PAKISTANI???
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Suprakash saha..SILIGURI..INDIA
May 12, 2012 02:19pm
The picture lookes like 1970s INDIAN city.......INDIA is faaaaar away from pakistan.....
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