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Bomb Again Targets Pakistani Navy Bus

   VOA News  April 28, 2011
   Security officials collect evidence at the site of a bomb blast in
   Karachi, April 28, 2011

Photo: Reuters

   Security officials collect evidence at the site of a bomb blast in
   Karachi, April 28, 2011

   Pakistani officials say a roadside bomb has hit a bus carrying navy
   personnel in Karachi, killing five people and wounding at least five
   others.
   A navy spokesman said the blast Thursday killed four navy employees and
   a civilian on a motorcycle.
   It was the third such attack this week in the southern port city, which
   is the main base for Pakistan's navy.
   The Taliban has claimed responsibility for Thursday's blast, as well as
   for a pair of bombings Tuesday that also targeted buses carrying navy
   personnel. Those attacks killed four people and wounded more than 50
   others.
   The Taliban has vowed more strikes against security forces.
   Karachi is Pakistan's economic hub and its largest city with roughly 16
   million people. It has been plagued by criminal, sectarian and militant
   violence.
   The attacks come days after Pakistan's army chief said his forces have
   "broken the back" of insurgents linked to the Taliban and al-Qaida.
   Army General Ashfaq Kayani said Saturday that Pakistan is fully aware
   of the internal and external threats to the country.
   Pakistan has launched several offensives against militants in the
   northwest along the Afghan border, but bombings and suicide attacks
   have continued.
   Earlier this month, the United States criticized Pakistan's
   counterterror efforts, saying the country had no clear path to
   defeating Taliban and al-Qaida-linked militants in the border region.
   The top U.S. military commander, Admiral Mike Mullen, also said some
   members of Pakistan's military intelligence agency have a long-standing
   relationship with Haqqani militants fighting in Afghanistan.
   Pakistan has denied any link with the al-Qaida affiliated group, and
   Kayani has rejected criticism of the country's efforts in the war on
   terrorism.

   Some information for this report was provided by AP, AFP and Reuters.

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