"The Friday prayer was in progress at the mosque when a suicide bomber blew himself up in the main room killing at least 16 worshippers and wounding 35 others," a senior tribal administration official told AFP. The incident took place on Friday afternoon as scores of people had gathered in a mosque for Friday prayers in a remote village in the Mohmand Agency, north of Peshawar. The attack took place at one of the biggest mosques in Mohmand Agency, a district in Pakistan's Federally Administered Tribal Areas north of Peshawar, said Naveed Akbar, assistant administrator for the agency. Nawaz Sharif, the Prime Minister of Pakistan, condemned the bombing and said “attacks by terrorists cannot shatter the government's resolve to eliminate terrorism from the country.”

The military says security is improving, with recorded “terrorist incidents” dropping from 128 in 2013 to 74 last year - but Islamist extremists continue to stage major attacks. In pictures: Pakistan hospital attack 1/10 A man reacts after his relative was killed in a bomb blast in restive Quetta EPA 2/10 Residents light candles to honour victims of the blast in Quetta during a candellight vigil in Peshawar Reuters 3/10 People carry the coffin of a victim of suicide bomb attack at a hospital for burial in Quetta REUTERS 4/10 Pakistani victims injured in a suicide bombing are treated at a hospital in Quetta AFP/Getty Images 5/10 A lawyer who was injured in a bomb blast wait to receive medical treatment in restive Quetta EPA 6/10 A doctor treats an injured lawyer at the scene of a bomb blast in restive Quetta EPA 7/10 People comfort a man mourning the death of a family member who was killed in suicide bombing, at a funeral in Quetta AP 8/10 People transfer an injured man from the blast site in Quetta Rex Features 9/10 Pakistani security officials and lawyers gather around the bodies of victims killed in a bomb explosion at a government hospital premises in Quetta AFP/Getty Images 10/10 The scene following a bomb blast outside a hospital in Quetta Naseer Ahmed/Reuters 1/10 A man reacts after his relative was killed in a bomb blast in restive Quetta EPA 2/10 Residents light candles to honour victims of the blast in Quetta during a candellight vigil in Peshawar Reuters 3/10 People carry the coffin of a victim of suicide bomb attack at a hospital for burial in Quetta REUTERS 4/10 Pakistani victims injured in a suicide bombing are treated at a hospital in Quetta AFP/Getty Images 5/10 A lawyer who was injured in a bomb blast wait to receive medical treatment in restive Quetta EPA 6/10 A doctor treats an injured lawyer at the scene of a bomb blast in restive Quetta EPA 7/10 People comfort a man mourning the death of a family member who was killed in suicide bombing, at a funeral in Quetta AP 8/10 People transfer an injured man from the blast site in Quetta Rex Features 9/10 Pakistani security officials and lawyers gather around the bodies of victims killed in a bomb explosion at a government hospital premises in Quetta AFP/Getty Images 10/10 The scene following a bomb blast outside a hospital in Quetta Naseer Ahmed/Reuters

Friday's bombing came a day after a woman was killed by a grenade in Lower Mohmand Agency when militants attacked a pro-government tribal elder's home.
A suicide bombing at a mosque in Mohmand Agency kills at least 28 people and injures 31 others. Jamaat-ul-Ahrar claims the responsibility.