Summary The bomb exploded on Monday in a small market near a bus stop in Jamrud district.
JAMRUD: A car bomb attack killed 21 people and wounded around 70 on Monday in a Pakistan market in the northwestern town of Jamrud, close to the Afghan border.
The bomb exploded in a small market near a bus stop, killing and wounding people waiting for buses to take them across the northwest and to other parts of the country, according to officials.
Pools of blood and charred pieces of human flesh littered the roadside, along with at least 20 burnt vehicles, said an AFP reporter. Clothes, school books, children s shoes and burqas lay everywhere.
Jamrud is in Khyber district, which is part of Pakistan s semi-autonomous tribal belt.
