Blast near Pakistan army headquarters kills 30

Pakistani police say a suicide bomber has killed at least 30 people near the country's army headquarters in Rawalpindi.

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Monday, 02.11.2009.

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Pakistani police say a suicide bomber has killed at least 30 people near the country's army headquarters in Rawalpindi. Police say Monday's blast occurred outside of a bank near the Shalimar hotel, just a few kilometers from the capital, Islamabad. Television stations showed ambulances and police vehicles racing to the scene. Blast near Pakistan army headquarters kills 30 Meanwhile, the government has offered a reward for the capture - dead or alive - of the country's Taliban leaders. A government announcement in newspaper advertisements offered up to $5 million for the capture, or information leading to the capture, of Pakistani Taliban leader Hakimullah Mehsud and more than a dozen other Taliban leaders. The Pakistani army is fighting militants in a major offensive in the South Waziristan tribal region of the northwest. Militants carried out several retaliatory attacks last month that killed hundreds of people. The violence prompted the United Nations to announce the withdrawal of its international staff from northwestern Pakistan due to security concerns. Pakistan's foreign minister said Sunday his country's military is likely to uproot Taliban militants hiding in the mountains along the Afghan border by late December. Shah Mahmood Qureshi said in Malaysia Pakistan's offensive in South Waziristan has been "very successful" and has the Taliban fighters "on the run." He spoke on the sidelines of a conference for developing Islamic countries.

Blast near Pakistan army headquarters kills 30

Meanwhile, the government has offered a reward for the capture - dead or alive - of the country's Taliban leaders. A government announcement in newspaper advertisements offered up to $5 million for the capture, or information leading to the capture, of Pakistani Taliban leader Hakimullah Mehsud and more than a dozen other Taliban leaders.

The Pakistani army is fighting militants in a major offensive in the South Waziristan tribal region of the northwest. Militants carried out several retaliatory attacks last month that killed hundreds of people.

The violence prompted the United Nations to announce the withdrawal of its international staff from northwestern Pakistan due to security concerns.

Pakistan's foreign minister said Sunday his country's military is likely to uproot Taliban militants hiding in the mountains along the Afghan border by late December.

Shah Mahmood Qureshi said in Malaysia Pakistan's offensive in South Waziristan has been "very successful" and has the Taliban fighters "on the run." He spoke on the sidelines of a conference for developing Islamic countries.

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