SLAMABAD — A homicide bombing at a crowded Shiite mosque south of Pakistan's capital killed 26 people, the latest evidence of how security in the U.S.-allied nation is crumbling well beyond the Afghan border region where Al Qaeda and Taliban fighters thrive.
The violence came Sunday as a senior Pakistani Taliban commander said his group was behind a deadly homicide bombing the night before in Islamabad and promised two more attacks per week in the country if the U.S. does not stop missile strikes on Pakistani territory.
Sunday's homicide bomber set off his explosives at the entrance to a mosque in Chakwal city in Punjab province, some 50 miles south of Islamabad, said Nadeem Hasan Asif, a top security official in the province.
The death toll from the explosion rose to 26 on Monday as at least four people died in hospitals overnight, said Chaudhry Zulfiqar, chief investigator in Chakwal. He said police have tightened security in the city to prevent any violence during a collective funeral planned for the victims later in the day. - FOX News Story
This is now Obama's War. He needs to commit to ending this war quickly. He was all over the Bush Administration for the way it handled the Iraq war and Afganistan Wars, now he owns them both. McCain warned Obama about his stand and rhetoric when it came to Pakistan, now it seems McCain may have been correct.
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