Pakistan suicide bombing kills dozens in food aid queue
At least 40 people have been killed and another 100 injured after a female suicide bomber attacked a crowd receiving food aid in north-west Pakistan.
People displaced by fighting in the Bajaur region were gathered at a UN food distribution point in the town of Khar when the attack happened.
It came as as Pakistan's military took action against militants in Mohmand, a neighbouring tribal region, killing an estimated 40 rebels.
Aleem Maqbool reports from Islamabad.
25 Dec 2010
- From the section South Asia