Sunday, December 26, 2010

Injured victims of suicide bombing are treated at a local hospital in Khar, the main town of Pakistan's Bajur tribal region along Afghan border, Saturday, Dec. 25, 2010. A female suicide bomber detonated her explosives-laden vest killing scores of people at an aid distribution center in northwestern Pakistan while army helicopter gunships and artillery killed a similar number of Islamic militants in neighboring tribal regions near the Afghan border, officials said. (AP Photo/Anwarullah Khan)

Khar (Pakistan) (AFP) - An official stations closed distribution of food aid on a temporary basis in northwestern Pakistan after a suicide bombing that killed 45 people outside the warehouse of the World Food Program.

Said Shafiq Khan, an official at the WFP food distribution project, on Sunday four relief centers in the Bajaur region had been closed after the government ordered the closure of regional temporarily after the attack, which occurred Saturday in the main town of Khar.

Was not immediately clear when it would close the food distribution points.

World Food Program project in Bajaur feeds thousands of people who have been displaced since early 2009 due to fighting between the Pakistani army and militants.


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