Taliban opponent killed by bomb

A candidate from a political party opposed to the Taliban was killed in a suicide bombing late Tuesday as he campaigned in northwestern Pakistan. At least 12 people were killed and dozens were wounded, several of them critically, police and hospital officials said. There was no immediate claim of responsibility, but immediate suspicion fell on the Pakistani Taliban. The candidate who was killed, Haroon Bilour, belonged to a prominent political family from Peshawar who was running for a provincial assembly seat.