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| Pakistan points finger over blast | |
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| By Aleem Maqbool BBC News, Islamabad The Mohmand explosions flattened several buildings | By Aleem Maqbool BBC News, Islamabad The Mohmand explosions flattened several buildings |
| Pakistan's interior minister says Nato and Afghanistan are not doing enough to stop Taliban militants crossing the border from Afghanistan into Pakistan. | Pakistan's interior minister says Nato and Afghanistan are not doing enough to stop Taliban militants crossing the border from Afghanistan into Pakistan. |
| Rehman Malik also disputed the widely-held belief that Pakistani militants are freely heading in the other direction to fight coalition troops. | Rehman Malik also disputed the widely-held belief that Pakistani militants are freely heading in the other direction to fight coalition troops. |
| He told the BBC that he blamed militants coming from Afghanistan for Friday's attack in Mohmand district. | |
| The attack, the deadliest in Pakistan this year, killed more than 100 people. | The attack, the deadliest in Pakistan this year, killed more than 100 people. |
| It happened in an area the Pakistani government had recently claimed had been cleared of militants and said was safe for civilians to return to. | It happened in an area the Pakistani government had recently claimed had been cleared of militants and said was safe for civilians to return to. |
| Mr Malik says he has intelligence to prove his claim | Mr Malik says he has intelligence to prove his claim |
| Mr Malik says he has intelligence information to prove that the attackers had crossed the border from Afghanistan. | Mr Malik says he has intelligence information to prove that the attackers had crossed the border from Afghanistan. |
| He said he had "demanded" that the Afghan government and Nato "stop border infiltration". | He said he had "demanded" that the Afghan government and Nato "stop border infiltration". |
| But there is considerable evidence to suggest militants have been heading in the opposite direction relatively freely - something Mr Malik claims his government has put a stop to. | But there is considerable evidence to suggest militants have been heading in the opposite direction relatively freely - something Mr Malik claims his government has put a stop to. |
| And, of course, the attacks in Pakistan have been taking place not just in tribal border areas like Mohmand, but right across the country. | And, of course, the attacks in Pakistan have been taking place not just in tribal border areas like Mohmand, but right across the country. |
| That has caused a great deal of anger among Pakistanis, many of whom believe their government simply does not have the right strategies in place, or the competence, to reduce the threat. | That has caused a great deal of anger among Pakistanis, many of whom believe their government simply does not have the right strategies in place, or the competence, to reduce the threat. |