JAMAL KHAN Associated Press= PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — A car bomb exploded outside the women's waiting area of a government office in Pakistan's troubled northwest tribal region on Monday, killing at least 12 people and wounding 45 others, government officials said. The bombing apparently targeted the office of the assistant political agent for the Khyber tribal area, one of the top local government officials, said Hidayat Khan, who works in the office. The office is located in Jamrud, the main town in the Khyber tribal area. The death toll is expected to rise, said Rehman Shah, a government official in the northwest city of Peshawar. Twelve of those wounded by the explosion were in critical...
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