UN official condemns Pakistan hotel attack

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A top UN official has condemned Tuesday's attack on a luxury hotel in Pakistan. Resident Co-ordinator Fikret Akcura said that regional violence will not deter humanitarian efforts.

He joins Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon who earlier also spoke out on the string of bombings.

The attack on a luxury hotel in Peshawar on Tuesday killed at least nine people, including two foreign UN workers.

The UN's resident coordinator in Pakistan said the world body would not "change its posture", but would instead "reduce the exposure of staff". They have been trying to assist internally displaced persons, or IDPs.

Fikret Akcura, UN Resident Coordinator in Pakistan, said, "We tried to respond to the best of our ability to this rapidly expanding IDPs [internally displaced persons] situation and we have brought extra capacity from other countries. We are here to help the socio-economic, humanitarian areas in Pakistan. We will not be deterred by these acts of terrorism especially in the case of humanitarian aid."

Pakistani security officials gather beside the destroyed five-star hotel after a suicide blast attack in Peshawar. A huge suicide truck bomb ripped through a luxury hotel Tuesday killing 11 people and wounding 52 in Pakistan's Peshawar city, capital of a northwest province plagued by Taliban violence. [Agencies]