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| Blasts rock north-west Pakistan | Blasts rock north-west Pakistan |
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| At least 12 people have been killed in two suicide car bomb attacks in north-western Pakistan. | |
| In the latest blast, six people are reported to have been killed in a bombing in the city of Peshawar. | |
| Earlier on Saturday, a suicide car bomb in the town of Bannu also killed at least six people, police said. | |
| In Peshawar, police said the bomb had exploded in a commercial area, AP news agency reported. Witnesses said the blast was heard across the city. | In Peshawar, police said the bomb had exploded in a commercial area, AP news agency reported. Witnesses said the blast was heard across the city. |
| "It was a very big explosion. I could see smoke rising from the scene," Asad Ali, a resident, told Reuters by telephone. | "It was a very big explosion. I could see smoke rising from the scene," Asad Ali, a resident, told Reuters by telephone. |
| Police official Anwar Khan told AFP news agency that he could see casualties lying on the ground. | Police official Anwar Khan told AFP news agency that he could see casualties lying on the ground. |
| In the attack in Bannu, the bomber detonated his vehicle outside a police station. | In the attack in Bannu, the bomber detonated his vehicle outside a police station. |
| Reports say the police building and several neighbouring houses collapsed in the blast. A number of people are thought to be trapped in the rubble. | |
| Bannu is close to the tribal region of North Waziristan, a Taliban stronghold. | |
| The attacks come after apparent setbacks for the Taliban, with some of its commanders killed or captured in recent weeks. | |
| A Taliban chief who trains suicide bombers called Reuters to claim responsibility for the Bannu attack. | |
| "The government was taking undue advantage of our silence," said Qari Hussain, who claimed to be a spokesman for Pakistani Taliban chief Hakimullah Mehsud. | |
| "We will carry out more such attacks and these will be much more powerful," he added. |