PESHAWAR, PAKISTAN (AP) -- A government official says a suicide bomber on a motorcycle has killed at least 48 people in a tribal region where Pakistan's army has fought the Taliban. Dozens more were wounded.
Assistant political agent Rasool Khan says dozens of shops were damaged or destroyed in the explosion Friday in Yakaghund village in Mohmand tribal area. His office was the apparent target.
Some 28 ordinary criminals held in a nearby prison are believed to have escaped after the blast hit that facility as well.
The attack indicated that militants remain a potent force in Pakistan's tribal belt bordering Afghanistan, despite army offensives.
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