Blast in Pakistan's Rawalpindi kills 24

Nov 2nd, 2009 - Reuters

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RAWALPINDI, Pakistan (Reuters) - A suspected Taliban suicide bomb killed at least 24 people in the Pakistani city of Rawalpindi on Monday, officials said, as the government announced a reward for the capture, dead or alive, of the group's leader.

Pakistan Taliban militants are being squeezed out of their remote strongholds on the Afghan border by a massive army offensive, and have retaliated by stepping up bomb attacks and commando-style raids on urban targets.

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