The World - News from June 26, 1988

A bomb destroyed a hotel in the center of Peshawar, Pakistan, killing 13 people, police said. Officials blamed government agents from neighboring Afghanistan. Muslims had just finished morning prayers shortly after sunrise when the bomb exploded, tearing through the three-story hotel and tearoom in the old section of the city, said Abdul Ahmed Khan, assistant inspector of crimes. The seven-party Afghan guerrilla alliance, which is fighting to overthrow the Kabul government, has its headquarters in Peshawar, 30 miles from the Afghan border. The chief minister of North-West Frontier province, Fazle Haq, told a press conference that Pakistan’s support for more than 3 million Afghan refugees and Afghan guerrillas has made the area a target for terrorists.