Pakistan Blast:21 killed in blast at vegetable market

A blast in a busy vegetable market killed at least 21 people today in Pakistan’s remote northwestern tribal region.

Almost 40 others were wounded in the blast in Kurram region, near the border with Afghanistan, said Sajid Hussain Turi, member of the National Assembly from the region.

Army helicopters had been dispatched to evacuate the wounded, a statement from Pakistan’s military said.