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Pakistan points finger over blast | Pakistan points finger over blast |
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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 told the BBC 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. |
Nato's Secretary General, Anders Fogh Rasmussen, said militants crossing the border was a "matter of concern" and a major problem in Afghanistan too. | |
"I don't have detailed information about this specific case but I will not rule out the possibility," he told the BBC, when asked how he responded to Mr Malik's criticism. | |
"It just stresses the need for strengthened co-operation between [the Nato-led force] Isaf, Pakistan and Afghanistan when it comes to control of the borders." | |
Public anger | |
Friday's devastating bombing happened in an area the Pakistani government had recently claimed had been cleared of militants and said was safe for civilians to return to. | |
The Mohmand explosions flattened several buildings | The Mohmand explosions flattened several buildings |
Mr Malik disputed the widely-held belief that Pakistani militants are freely heading in the other direction to fight coalition troops. | |
He said he had 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 the BBC's Aleem Maqbool in Islamabad says 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. | |
Our correspondent points out that the attacks in Pakistan have been taking place not just in tribal border areas like Mohmand, but right across the country. | |
That, he says, 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. |