Pakistan suicide bomber was woman covered in burqa | Reuters

Pakistan suicide bomber was woman covered in burqa | Reuters: "woman covered in a head-to-foot burqa carried out a suicide bombing that killed more than 40 people in Pakistan, government officials said on Sunday, adding to security challenges confronting the U.S. ally.

Any increased use of women as bombers may complicate efforts by Pakistani security forces to stem a spreading wave of Islamist suicide attacks because it is harder to spot and search burqa-clad attackers in conservative tribal society.

Saturday's bombing illustrated the resilient ability of militants to stage attacks despite army offensives against them.

The woman blew herself amid a crowd of men, women and children heading toward a food distribution center of the World Food Program in the Bajaur region on the Afghan border."