巴基斯坦再次发生汽车爆炸袭击

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A car bomb has killed at least 100 people and wounded more than 200 others in a shopping area of the northwestern Pakistan city of Peshawar. U.S. Secretary of State（国务卿） Hillary Clinton arrived in Pakistan just hours earlier for a three-day visit.

The blast in Peshawar was the deadliest single attack this year in Pakistan.

Witnesses say the explosion（爆炸） hit a crowded market late in the day, Wednesday, killing¹ mostly women and children. A large fire then broke out, engulfing² several shops and spewing（喷出） a cloud of gray smoke over the area.

Several buildings collapsed³. Rescue workers frantically⁴ searched for survivors⁵ in the debris⁶.

The attack occurred as U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton met with top Pakistani leaders in the capital, Islamabad.

She strongly condemned⁷ the attack.

"These attacks on innocent people are cowardly," said Clinton. "They are not courageous⁸. If the people behind these attacks were so sure of their beliefs, let them join the political process."

Speaking alongside the Secretary, Pakistani Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi had a defiant⁹ message for the militants¹¹.

"We defeated you in Swat and Malakand," he said. "And the brave soldiers and officers of the Pakistani army will defeat you in Waziristan."

Nearly two weeks ago, Pakistan's military launched（推出） an offensive in the South Waziristan tribal¹² region against Pakistani Taliban militants based there. Since then, a number of high-profile militant¹⁰ attacks have shocked the nation, including an attack with two suicide bombers¹³ on an Islamic university in the capital.

Army officials say the offensive against the militants in Waziristan has been successful with troops gaining control of key areas and killing more than 200 militants. About two-dozen soldiers have been reported to have died.

There is no independent confirmation（确认） of the tolls¹⁴, and the region has been closed to outsiders.

Secretary Clinton is expected to spend the next several days in Pakistan, meeting with senior officials and community leaders in Islamabad and the country's cultural center, Lahore.

She has pledged U.S. support in a number of areas, including helping¹⁵ Pakistan repair and upgrade key electricity generating stations as the country faces severe power shortages.（本文由在线英语听力室整理编辑）