The attack was part of a wave of violence sweeping Pakistan as its army presses ahead with an anti-Taliban offensive in the northwestern region of South Waziristan.

• 这次袭击是巴基斯坦大范围的暴力事件浪潮的一部分，因为巴军队在南瓦齐里斯坦的西北地区对塔利班的步步围巢。