The two blasts occurred hours apart, and hundreds of miles away from each other. The attack on NATO convoy was carried out near the border.
Pakistani authorities believe that the Taliban are intensifying their attacks to avenge the beating he has suffered recently, including the loss of Territory to the military and the death of one of its leaders during an attack by the CIA with a missile near the border with Afghanistan.
In recent months, the Pakistani military has strengthened its fight against extremists linked to al-Qaida, who threaten the stability of this nation with nuclear weapons, and who are suspected of helping plan attacks against U.S. forces and NATO forces across the border in Afghanistan.
At least 16 police recruits were killed Sunday after a suicide bomber entered the courtyard where they trained in Mingora, the main town of Swat. The attacker then detonated his load of explosives, said local official Rehman Atifur.
It was the deadliest attack since a military crackdown ended the rule of the Taliban in the area.
The researchers then came to examine the blackened debris in the yard, which was littered with human remains torn uniforms and berets of cadet.
Authorities inquired reports that the bomber wore uniforms and infiltrated into the barracks by posing as a recruit, said Idrees Khan deputy inspector general, district police.
We investigated whether the attacker climbed a wall of the headquarters or was already present among police cadets, he added. Khan blamed the attack on a decision to relax a curfew which ruled the area daily, the Muslim holy month of Ramadan.
Police blocked roads and immediately ordered residents return to their homes.
The other explosion occurred Sunday at a passing convoy of trucks carrying fuel to NATO forces in Afghanistan. Several trucks tank caught fire at a border crossing in the southwestern province of Baluchistan, police said.
It would be the second attack occurred in one weeks at a border crossing.
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journalist Matiula Achakzai The Associated Press contributed to this report from Champaign.
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