At least 11 people have been killed and dozens wounded in an attack on a mosque in northern Pakistan, police say.
At least 11 people have been killed and dozens wounded in an attack on a mosque in northern Pakistan, police say.
The mosque, in Dir district near the border with Afghanistan, was full of people offering special Ramadan prayers, officials said.
The mosque, in Dir district near the border with Afghanistan, was full of people offering special Ramadan prayers, officials said.
"We don't know whether it was a bomb blast or somebody lobbed hand grenades... or there was some other cause," a police official said.
"We don't know whether it was a bomb blast or somebody lobbed hand grenades... or there was some other cause," a police official said.
Militants in the border areas have launched several attacks recently.
Militants in the border areas have launched several attacks recently.
US officials have said al-Qaeda has found a safe haven inside Pakistan from where it can plan new attacks on the West.
On Wednesday, the chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff said a new strategy was needed to deny militants in Afghanistan the use of bases across the border in Pakistan.
"Until we work more closely with the Pakistani government to eliminate the safe havens from which they operate, the enemy will only keep coming," Adm Mike Mullen told a US House of Representatives hearing as he outlined the Pentagon's thinking.
But Islamabad said it would not allow foreign forces on to its territory.
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