An accidental explosion destroyed a shop in northwest Pakistan today, killing at least three people, officials said.
Police said initially a bomb had exploded near a fast food restaurant in Peshawar. Hours later, two police officers and a local government official said it was an accidental blast.
Pakistan's army, which heavily supported militant groups in their war against the Soviet occupation in Afghanistan, now faces a stubborn Taliban insurgency on its own soil and mounting US pressure to root out Islamist fighters in tribal border areas.
Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi condemned the latest wave of violence and said Pakistan's will would not be broken."Such reprehensible acts can never defeat our national resolve to fight out terrorism and militancy," he said in a statement today.
Yesterday, an attack near an army headquarters killed at least 40 people. Two suicide bombers blew themselves up at a mosque frequented by military officials in the garrison city of Rawalpindi, just a 30-minute drive from the capital Islamabad, and two other militants fired on worshippers.
Last night, up to 40 militants attacked an army checkpoint, killing one soldier.
Reuters