Local people tried to help the injured. There were not enough ambulances so people were taking their own cars. He says that several people around him died. He isnt sure why he survived. These pictures show some of the chaos. Stretchered or carried by any hands that could offer help. The District Hospital declared a Health Emergency and a call was put out for blood donations. As the wards filled up, some were taken by helicopter to nearby peshawar. The Death Toll Rose quickly. Police have said that they have struggled to identify all of the dead. Among those named is a local political leader. Pakistans prime minister, shehbaz sharif, condemned the attack. There has been an increase in Violent Attacks across pakistan, particularly in this province. The police have said that theyve discovered evidence suggesting that the explosion might have been a Suicide Bomber but have not yet confirmed it. If this was an attack, its not clear what the motive could be and no group has claimed it. It le
back on track? the assistant secretary who i spoke to on friday and who also testify before a senate foreign relations committee talked about how they said that you need a multinationalforce to intervene right now. there needs to be a long term plan and you need to take this country to election, two years after the assassination of the haitian president, not one elected president in the country, sorry, one elected leader, no parliament, no president at all. so how do you go to elections when you have insecurity, when you have gang violence, when you have kidnappings? then you have to sit down haiti and its international partners to figure out how you get the country back to democracy, how to address the problems in the justice system because it s notjust policing, when police makes arrests, you need to have a justice system that works. you have to be able to go to disenfranchised committees because today you kill one gang leader, you jail one,