15 Killed in Mosque Bombing in Pakistan

"I condemn that with all my force and I must say that this nation has to show resolve to fight such extremism and terrorism and defeat it," said Pervez Musharraf.

Musharraf talks the talks but definetely does not walk the walk. Voice of America

Authorities in Pakistan say a suicide bomber has killed at least 15 people and injured more than 22 others in a central part of the country's capital city. Most of the victims were policemen. Ayaz Gul reports from Islamabad.

The suicide bomber struck a group of policemen who were guarding a big meeting of Islamic activists in the center of the Pakistani capital.

The religious gathering was marking the one-year anniversary of a military crackdown on Islamabad's radical Red Mosque, just few hundred meters away.

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Speaking at a ceremony in the southern city of Karachi hours after the blast, President Pervez Musharraf condemned it as a terrorist act.

"I condemn that with all my force and I must say that this nation has to show resolve to fight such extremism and terrorism and defeat it," said Pervez Musharraf.

Doctors have described conditions of some of those wounded in the attack as critical, saying the death toll could go up.

The suicide bombing occurred just after several-thousand participants of the religious gathering started dispersing. The crowed had gathered to condemn the army raid on the Red Mosque complex that killed more than 100 people on July 10 last year.