PESHAWAR: Pakistani Taliban claimed responsibility on Tuesday for planting a bomb under the car of Hamid Mir, a television anchor, and warned him of a second assassination bid. Mr Mir was criticised by the Taliban last month in the wake of the shooting of teenage activist Malala Yousufzai.<\/p>\n

\u201cLife and death is in the hands of Allah. Allah saved his life but we will make a similar attempt again,\u201d Tehrik-i-Taliban spokesman Ehsanullah Ehsan said by telephone from an unknown location.<\/p>\n

\u201cHamid Mir earlier shot into prominence for working in the interest of Islam and Muslims. We targeted him because now he is working against Islam and Muslims,\u201d Ehsan said.<\/p>\n

Police said the device \u2014 half a kilogram of explosives fitted with a detonator \u2014 was found stuck under Mr Mir\u2019s car in Islamabad on Monday.<\/p>\n

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PESHAWAR: Pakistani Taliban claimed responsibility on Tuesday for planting a bomb under the car of Hamid Mir, a television anchor, and warned him of a second assassination bid. Mr Mir was criticised by the Taliban last month in the wake of the shooting of teenage activist Malala Yousufzai. \u201cLife and death is in the hands … <\/p>\n

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