Pakistan Taliban claim responsibility for attack on WFP distribution point

ISLAMABAD, Dec. 26 (Xinhua) -- Pakistan Taliban on Sunday claimed responsibility for Saturday's suicide conflict at a World Food Program (WFP) food placement point in a genealogical segment of Bajaur in northwest Pakistan, which killed 47 people as well as harmed 70 others.

WFP has temporarily stopped a food placement operation in Bajaur after a suicide conflict on a ration placement center, pronounced a WFP orator Amjad Jamal.

A lady bomber struck a core where some 600 people were collected to embrace food at a WFP core in Khar, a headquarters of Bajaur.

A Taliban orator claimed responsibility as well as pronounced which a people of local Salarzai clan were targeted as they "support a army" opposite a Taliban.

Taliban orator Azam Tariq pronounced which a Salarzai clan had shaped "Lashkar" or private armed forces opposite a Taliban as well as which is why they were targeted.

"We will also target those in future who support a government opposite us," Tariq said.

The Salarzai clan is one of a vital tribes in Bajaur, who had shaped Lashkar opposite a Taliban militants in a region.

The WFP orator assist which a WFP was providing assist to 41,000 families affected by fighting between a armed forces as well as a Taliban militants in 2008-2009 as well as many have been still depending on foreign aid.

Jamal pronounced which a WFP has halted a operation as curfew was imposed in a area after a terrorist attack.

"We have not yet motionless any date to resume a food distribution," he said, adding which a preference will be made after reviewing a confidence situation.

No staff member of a WFP was hurt in a Saturday's deadliest conflict as well as a victims were mostly civilians as well as usually three confidence men were killed.

The WFP orator pronounced all a staff was in a area as well as as soon as a incident becomes normal, they will start placement of food among IDPs.

"We longed for to continue a operation. But due to imposition of! a curfe w in area, a WFP workers were incompetent to pierce anywhere. The authorities motionless to hindrance it temporarily," pronounced a spokesman.

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Editor:Zhang Pengfei |Source: Xinhua

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