Pakistan market bomb death toll rises to 20: military

The death toll from a bomb attack on a market on Saturday in a mainly Shiite area of Pakistan's northwestern tribal belt rose to 20, a military official said.

The bomb detonated in a crowded vegetable market in Parachinar city, the capital of Kurram tribal district on the Afghan border where officials said more than 40 have also been wounded.

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