Pakistan vows action after bombing
‘No option’ but to hit militants, after blast kills 49 at market in Peshawar
Posted: October 10, 2009 at 6:46 a.m.
Pakistan vowed to launch a new offensive against militant strongholds along the Afghan border after a suicide bomber blew up a car near a crowded outdoor market Friday, killing 49 people in the bloodiest attack to hit the country in six months.
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