A suicide bomb attack on a luxury hotel in the north-west Pakistani city of Peshawar, has killed 11 people and injured at least 52. Reports say gunmen stormed the outer security barrier at the Pearl Continental Hotel before blowing up a vehicle in the car park.
One foreign citizen – a UN employee – was killed and several were injured. A series of bombs have hit cities including Peshawar since a government crackdown on Taliban militants.
These suicide attacks are becoming everyday affairs in Pakistan these days. This very clearly demonstrates the inability of the current government to rein in the Taliban elements and how the Taliban would not stop at anything to get what they want.