Pakistan: Anthu 11 amwalira pa bomba lapamwamba la hotelo

PESHAWAR, Pakistan - Odzipha adawombera alonda ndipo adayambitsa kuphulika kwakukulu Lachiwiri kunja kwa hotelo yapamwamba kumene alendo ndi anthu olemera aku Pakistani adasakanikirana, kupha anthu osachepera 11 ndikuvulaza 70, akuluakulu adanena.

Mabombawo anakantha hotelo ya Pearl Continental cha m’ma 10 koloko usiku, pamene moyo wausiku udakalipobe. Kuukirako kunachititsa kuti gawo lina la hoteloyo likhale bwinja la konkire ndi zitsulo zopota, ndipo chibowocho chinasiya chiphalaphala chachikulu pamalo oimika magalimoto.

Kuphulikaku kunachitika patatha sabata imodzi kuchokera pamene atsogoleri a Taliban adachenjeza kuti achita zigawenga zazikulu m'mizinda ikuluikulu kubwezera chifukwa cha chiwembu chofuna kuchotsa dera lapafupi la Swat Valley kwa zigawenga. Palibe chonena chomwe chidachitika nthawi yomweyo kuphulika kwa bomba ku Peshawar, mzinda waukulu kwambiri kumpoto chakumadzulo wokhala ndi anthu pafupifupi 2.2 miliyoni.

M'mbuyomu, akuluakulu adati asitikali aku Pakistan adachita zigawenga mbali ziwiri zakumpoto chakumadzulo. Asitikali adatumiza mfuti za helikoputala zothandizira nzika zomwe zikulimbana ndi a Taliban m'boma lina ndipo adagwiritsa ntchito mfuti polimbana ndi zigawenga m'dera lina pambuyo poti akulu achifundo adakana kuwapereka.

Palibe ntchito yomwe inali pafupi ndi kukula kwa asitikali akuukira ku Swat Valley, komwe asitikali 15,000 amenya nkhondo mpaka 7,000 omenyera a Taliban.

Koma nkhondo za Lolemba ndi Lachiwiri m'maboma a Upper Dir ndi Bannu zikusonyeza kuti matumba a maganizo ochirikiza a Taliban amakhalabe olimba m'madera ena, pamene zigawenga zachisilamu zolimba mtima zimakhala zosasangalatsa mwa ena - makamaka chifukwa cha ziwawa zomwe zigawenga zimagwiritsa ntchito. limbikitsani.

Peshawar ili pakati pa zigawo ziwirizi. Pearl Continental, yomwe mwachikondi imatchedwa "PC" ndi Pakistanis, imayang'ana bwalo la gofu komanso linga lodziwika bwino. Hotelo ya ritziest mu mzindawu, ndi yotetezedwa bwino ndipo ili kutali ndi msewu waukulu.

Mkulu wa apolisi a Liaqat Ali adati mboni zidapereka nkhani zomveka bwino za momwe mabombawo adachitira.

Amuna atatu omwe anali mgalimoto yonyamula katundu adafika pachipata chachikulu cha hoteloyo, ndipo adawombera alonda, adalowa mkati ndikuphulitsa bomba pafupi ndi nyumbayo, adatero Ali. Wapolisi wamkulu, a Shafqatullah Malik, akuti anali ndi zophulika zoposa theka la tani.

Chisokonezochi chinafanana ndi kuphulika kwa mabomba chaka chatha ku Islamabad's Marriott Hotel yomwe inapha anthu oposa 50. Mahotela onsewa anali malo okondedwa kuti alendo komanso osankhika aku Pakistani azikhala ndi kucheza, zomwe zimawapangitsa kukhala odziwika kwambiri kwa zigawenga ngakhale ali ndi chitetezo cholimba.

Njira yowukirayi idafanananso ndi kumenyedwa kwa Meyi 27 panyumba za apolisi komanso likulu lazamalamulo ku Pakistan kum'mawa kwa Lahore, komwe a Taliban adadzinenera. Gulu laling'ono lidawombera alonda kuti adutse pamalo achitetezo, kenako adaphulitsa galimoto yodzaza ndi mabomba.

Ku Washington, akuluakulu awiri aku US adati dipatimenti ya Boma idakambirana ndi eni hoteloyo kuti agule kapena kusaina kubwereketsa kwa nthawi yayitali kuti akhazikitse kazembe watsopano waku America ku Peshawar. Akuluakuluwa ati sakudziwa chilichonse chosonyeza kuti chidwi cha US ku bwaloli ndi chomwe chathandizira kuti achitepo kanthu.

Akuluakuluwa adayankhula kuti asatchulidwe chifukwa zokambilanazo sizinali zapagulu ndipo zinali zisanathe. Ananenanso kuti palibe chigamulo chomwe chapangidwa kuti apitilize kukonza kazembeyo pahoteloyo.

Lou Fintor, wolankhulira ofesi ya kazembe wa US ku Islamabad, adati palibe malipoti aposachedwa okhudza ovulala aku America.

Nduna ya Zidziwitso ku North West Frontier Province Mian Iftikhar Hussain adauza The Associated Press koyambirira kwa Lachitatu kuti akuluakulu anena kuti anthu 11 afa pakuphulikaku. Apolisi ndi akuluakulu aboma atsimikiza kuti anthu asanu okha ndi omwe anamwalira.

UN idazindikira wogwira ntchitoyo kuti ndi m'modzi mwa omwe adamwalira: Aleksandar Vorkapic, 44, katswiri waukadaulo wazidziwitso waku Belgrade, Serbia, yemwe anali m'gulu lazadzidzidzi kuchokera ku ofesi ya UN High Commissioner for Refugees kuthandiza pamavuto.

Mkulu wogwirizira m'boma la Peshawar, Sahibzada Anis, adati kuphulikaku kudavulaza ena atatu ogwira ntchito ku bungwe la UN - Briton, Somalia ndi Germany.

Amjad Jamal, mneneri wa World Food Programme ku Pakistan, adati antchito oposa 25 a UN akukhala mu hoteloyo. Iye adati onse asanu ndi awiri ogwira ntchito ku WFP ali otetezeka.

Mlembi Wamkulu wa bungwe la United Nations a Ban Ki-moon anadzudzula “zigawenga zoopsazi” mwa “mphamvu kwambiri,” wachiwiri kwa mneneri wa bungwe la United Nations a Marie Okabe anatero ku likulu la UN ku New York.

"Apanso, wogwira ntchito wodzipereka wa bungwe la United Nations ali m'gulu la anthu omwe anazunzidwa ndi zigawenga zoopsa zomwe palibe chifukwa chomveka," adatero Okabe.

Anati a Ban "wachisoni ndi kuchuluka kwa akufa ndi ovulala" ndipo akupereka chipepeso kwa mabanja omwe akhudzidwa ndi ngoziyi komanso boma ndi anthu aku Pakistan.

Dr. Khizar Hayat wa pachipatala cha Lady Reading adati chipatalachi chinalandira anthu 70 ovulala, ndipo osachepera asanu ndi anayi omwe anali ovuta kwambiri.

Farahnaz Ispahani, mneneri wa Purezidenti Asif Ali Zardari ndi chipani cholamula, adadzudzula omwe adawukirawo.

"Ife sitidzaopa anthu awa," adatero. “Tiwazula, tidzalimbana nawo ndipo tidzapambana. Uwu ndiye mgwirizano ndi kukhulupirika kwa Pakistan zomwe zili pachiwopsezo.

Kuukira kwa asitikali ku Swat ndi zigawo zozungulira kudayamba kumapeto kwa Epulo, ndipo akuluakulu anena kuti ziwopsezo zingapo zodzipha zidapangitsa kuti a Taliban afune kubwezera.

Akuluakulu aku US akufuna kuti Pakistan ikhazikitse opareshoni kudera lapafupi la South Waziristan, malo akulu akulu a Pakistani Taliban Baitullah Mehsud. Boma lalengeza kuti silikufuna kuukira derali, pomwe zigawenga za al-Qaida akukhulupiriranso kuti zikugwira ntchito.

Opaleshoni yatsopano idayamba Lachiwiri ku Jani Khel, dera lodziyimira palokha ku Bannu kumalire ndi North Waziristan, malo ena achitetezo a Taliban, boma litakhazikitsa nthawi yofikira kunyumba, atero a Kamran Zeb Khan, wogwira ntchito m'boma la Bannu.

Ananenanso kuti ntchitoyo mothandizidwa ndi zida zankhondo idayambika akuluakulu a mafuko atalephera kukwaniritsa tsiku lomaliza Lolemba loti athamangitse kapena kupereka zigawenga zomwe amakhulupirira kuti ndi omwe adabera ophunzira ambiri sabata yatha omwe adatulutsidwa pambuyo pake.

Asilikali aku Pakistan sakanatsimikizira kuti ntchito iliyonse yayamba.

Nkhondo ina idachitika pafupi ndi chigwa cha Swat m'boma la Upper Dir, pomwe zida zankhondo za helikopita zidafika kuti zithandizire gulu lankhondo la nzika lomwe likulimbana ndi omenyera 200 a Taliban.

Gulu lankhondo, lotchedwa lashkar, lidayamba kumapeto kwa sabata kubwezera bomba lomwe linapha anthu 33 pa mzikiti. Akuluakulu a boma ati a Taliban ndi omwe adaphulitsa bomba chifukwa anthu amderali adakana kusamuka kwawo.

"Ku Upper Dir, monga mukuwonera, lashkar yawuka, anthu aimirira. Mulungu akalola, zinthu zikhala bwino kumeneko, "adatero Najmuddin Malik poyendera msasa wa anthu othawa kwawo ku Peshawar.

Ziwerengero za asitikali zakwera mpaka kupitilira 2,000, okhala m'midzi iwiri ndi tawuni yomwe adalowa nawo Lachiwiri pomwe adazungulira a Taliban m'malo ovuta, watero apolisi mderali Atlas Khan. Lipoti lake silinatsimikizidwe paokha chifukwa mwayi wofalitsa nkhani kumalo omenyera nkhondo umangopezeka pazankhondo zoperekezedwa ndi ankhondo.

Mkulu wa fuko adati anthu akumudzi sangapite kunyumba mpaka zigawenga zitapita - mwanjira ina.

"Tikufuna kupha kapena kuthamangitsa a Taliban onse," a Malik Motabar Khan adauza AP pafoni kuchokera kumudzi wa Ghazi Gay. "Tikhala pano mpaka titawapha onse."