Taliban claim Quetta twin suicide hits

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Taliban claim Quetta twin suicide hits

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Twin attacks killed 20 people including DIG FC Farrukh Shehzads wife and FC Col Khalid Masood.

07 September,2011 02:54 pm

Pakistani Taliban has claimed responsibility for twin suicide bombs in Quetta on Tuesday that killed at least 24 people, saying it was to avenge the recent arrests of Al-Qaeda operatives.We carried out the attacks, Taliban spokesman Ehsanullah Ehsan told AFP in a phone call from an undisclosed location.He said the two bombs, which also wounded 82 people, were to avenge the arrest of our mujahedin brothers by Pakistani security forces in Quetta recently.Asked whether he was referring to the arrests, announced Monday, of Younis al-Mauritani believed to be a senior Al-Qaeda leader who had planned attacks abroad -- and two others, he said Yes.