Four killed, dozens wounded, in suicide attack on Pakistan forces


  • World
  • Tuesday, 01 Sep 2015

PESHAWAR, Pakistan (Reuters) - A suicide bomber killed at least four people and wounded dozens on Tuesday in northwest Pakistan, where security forces are battling Islamist militants, officials said.

Each of two allied militant groups, the Pakistani Taliban and Lashkar-e-Islam, claimed responsibility for the attack in the Khyber region near the Afghan border, where the military has been battling them since last October.

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