Bin Laden retaliation attacks kill 80 trainees
In claiming responsibility, the al-Qaida-linked militant group cited anger at Pakistan’s military for failing to stop the American incursion on their soil.
The blasts in the northwest were a reminder of the savagery of Islamist insurgents in Pakistan. Tensions have also risen between the US and Islamabad over allegations that some elements of the Pakistani security forces had been harbouring bin Laden, who died in a May 2 raid in Abbottabad, a garrison town about three hours’ drive from the scene of the bombing.
