4:04AM EDT October 13. 2012 -
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — A powerful car bomb (click here) went off outside the offices of pro-government tribal elders in northwestern Pakistan on Saturday, killing at least 15 people, police said.
Police official Naeem Khan said least 30 people were also wounded in the attack in the town of Darra Adam Khel in the troubled Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province bordering Afghanistan...
The Anti-Government militia known as the Taliban are attempting once again to terrorize the people and government of Pakistan. This is an example of why the people turn opinion against their government and their own people. It is tiem they stop being afraid of their children's future. These perpetrators must be stopped. Those responsible for the car bombing must be arrested, tried and imprisoned. This car bomber did not accomplish this alone. His tribe has to be held responsible for allowing such violence to be tolerated.
...No group immediately claimed responsibility, but Pakistani Taliban militants have staged such attacks in tribal region of Darra Adam Khel to punish elders for backing security forces in offensives against militants in the region.
Darra Adam Khel is famous for its weapons market selling home-made guns crafted by local artisans in this tribal region, where central government is weak. Local elders there have formed "peace committees" to evict militants, and have also helped authorities in the past in operations against insurgents....
The weapons industry in Darra Adam Khel must be dismantled. It has to be destroyed never to be regenerated again. Weapons production in Pakistan has to be made illegal for at least a generation to stop this. How are the good people of Pakistan ever to live without fear if this is allowed to continue.
