(Ahlul Bayt News Agency) - A bomb attack at a busy marketplace in northwest Pakistan has injured nine people, including anti-Taliban tribal commander Tehseel Khan.
According to local intelligence officials, the bombing occurred on Sunday in the Shakai village market in South Waziristan, which lies near the Pakistan-Afghanistan border.
The target of the attack was probably Tehseel Khan, who was sitting in a shop close to where the bomb was detonated, according to the officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity.
People were busy buying goats and cows for the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Adha, which occurs later this week.
Nine people were injured at the market, tribal administration official Sajjad Ahmad said. Tehseel Khan was slightly injured, he added.
No group or person has yet claimed responsibility for the bombing.
However, militants have been blamed for the deaths of thousands of people in attacks across Pakistan in recent years.
Mosques and public places in northwestern Pakistan have been targets of bomb attacks over the past few years.
The Pakistani army has launched several operations in the northwest in order to flush pro-Taliban militants out of the tribal areas.
Nearly 4,000 people have been killed in attacks and bombings across Pakistan over the past three years.
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