41 killed in attack on Pakistani military

A SUSPECTED suicide bomber killed 41 people in an attack on the Pakistani military yesterday as the Taliban claimed responsibility for a weekend raid on the army’s headquarters.

Militant attacks haveintensified over the past week as the army prepares to launch a ground offensive on the al-Qaida-linked fighters’ South Waziristan stronghold. Pakistani Taliban militants have launched numerous attacks on government and foreign targets over the past couple of years killing hundreds of people.

The target of yesterday’s attack in Shangla district, near the Swat Valley, was a military convoy, police said.