Islamabad, Pakistan (CNN) — The Pakistani Taliban claimed responsibility for Saturday’s blast in that Asian nation’s tribal region, an explosion at a food distribution point that killed at least 43 people and injured 90 others.
Azam Tariq, the central spokesperson for Pakistani Taliban, told CNN in a phone call that it targeted people who had formed what he called a pro-government and anti-Taliban group.
The blast took place about 600 meters from a U.N. World Food Programme distribution point at a security check post in Khar, according to Amjad Jamal, a spokesman for the agency. He said that more than 300 people were going through a security screening to get food and other items at the time of the explosion.
Khar is the headquarters of Bajaur Agency, one of the seven districts of Pakistan’s tribal region bordering Afghanistan. Jamal said that those who had been internally displaced during military efforts in Bajaur Agency get a month’s supply of food and other goods.
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