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October 28, 2009
Pakistan suffers another bombing
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) -- A car bomb struck a busy market in northwestern Pakistan on Wednesday, killing at least 100 people -- mostly women and children -- as visiting Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton pledged U.S. support for Islamabad's campaign against Islamic militants. More than 200 people were wounded in the blast in the main northwestern city of Peshawar, the deadliest in a surge of attacks by suspected insurgents this month. The government blamed militants seeking to avenge an army offensive launched this month against al-Qaida and Taliban in their stronghold close to the Afghan border. The bombing was the deadliest since explosions hit homecoming festivities for former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto in Karachi in Oct. 2007, killing about 150 people. Bhutto was later slain in a separate attack. Wednesday's bomb destroyed much of the Mina Bazaar in Peshawar's old town, a warren of narrow alleys clogged with stalls and shops selling dresses, toys and cheap jewelry that drew many female shoppers and children in the conservative city. (14 images)

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Shops burn as Pakistani men gather at a market following a deadly car bomb blast in Peshawar on Oct. 28. A car bomb destroyed a packed Pakistani market, killing 80 people and underscoring the blood-drenched scale of the extremist threat while U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton visited the country.AFP / Getty Images / A Majeed


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Pakistani volunteers evacuate an injured survivor, center, following a deadly car bomb blast at a market in Peshawar on Oct. 28. A huge car bomb ripped through a bustling market in the northwestern city of Peshawar, killing at least 100 people and underscoring the scale of the extremist threat facing Pakistan. The explosion detonated in a crowded street in the Meena Bazaar just hours after U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton arrived in Pakistan to bolster the two countries' troubled alliance against Taliban and Al-Qaeda militants. AFP / Getty Images / A Majeed



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Pakistani security forces arrive to secure the site following a deadly car bomb blast at a market in Peshawar on Oct. 28. AFP / Getty Images / A Majeed



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Pakistani men stand on the debris of a collapsed building at a market following a deadly car bomb blast in Peshawar on Oct. 28. AFP / Getty Images / A Majeed



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Pakistani volunteers and residents remove a body as others search for victims among rubble following a deadly car bomb blast at a market in Peshawar on Oct. 28. AFP / Getty Images / A Majeed



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Pakistani volunteers carry an injured victim into a hospital following a deadly car bomb blast at a market in Peshawar on Oct. 28. AFP / Getty Images / A Majeed



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Pakistani volunteers take an injured victim to a hospital following a deadly car bomb blast at a market in Peshawar on Oct. 28. AFP / Getty Images / Hasham Ahmed



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People run away after an explosion in Peshawar, Pakistan on Wednesday AP / Mohammad Sajjad



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Pakistani volunteers rush an injured child to a hospital after an explosion in Peshawar, Pakistan on Wednesday. AP / Mohammad Sajjad



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People rush an injured person to a hospital after an explosion in Peshawar, Pakistan on Wednesday AP / Mohammad Sajjad



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People rush an injured person to a hospital after an explosion in Peshawar, Pakistan on Wednesday. AP / Mohammad Iqbal



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People gather at the site of an explosion in Peshawar, Pakistan on Wednesday Oct. 28. AP / Mohammad Sajjad



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People gather at the site of an explosion in Peshawar, Pakistan on Wednesday Oct. 28. AP / Mohammad Sajjad



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Pakistani volunteers and residents search for victims among rubble following a deadly car bomb blast at a market in Peshawar on Oct. 28. AFP / Getty Images / A Majeed



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