A suicide bomber blew himself up near a security forces vehicle in southwest Pakistan yesterday, killing a young girl and wounding 13 people, mainly soldiers, police said.
The bomber walked up to the vehicle and detonated the explosives strapped to his body on the main road leading to the airport in Quetta, the capital of Baluchistan province, police officer Ishtiaq Ahmed told AFP.
"One girl standing on the roadside was killed and 11 soldiers were wounded," provincial police chief Asif Nawaz said.
Tribal rebels in gas-rich Baluchistan, which borders Afghanistan and Iran, are waging an insurgency, demanding political autonomy and a greater share of profits from the region's natural resources.