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| Deadly explosion rocks Peshawar | |
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| A suicide bomb attack has killed at least four people in the north-western Pakistani city of Peshawar. | |
| Officials said at least six more were hurt in the blast on a busy road near an army and police checkpoint. | |
| Peshawar has borne the brunt of recent attacks, which have left scores dead. On Tuesday, a blast outside a club for journalists killed three people. | Peshawar has borne the brunt of recent attacks, which have left scores dead. On Tuesday, a blast outside a club for journalists killed three people. |
| Pakistan has seen a surge in violence since the army began an offensive against the Taliban in Waziristan. | Pakistan has seen a surge in violence since the army began an offensive against the Taliban in Waziristan. |
| The latest explosion struck a busy commercial road in the main Saddar area of Peshawar, near the offices of Pakistan's national airline and a convent school and church. | The latest explosion struck a busy commercial road in the main Saddar area of Peshawar, near the offices of Pakistan's national airline and a convent school and church. |
| "I can see smoke and injured people lying on the ground," one witness, Shahid Khan, told the AFP news agency from near the scene. | "I can see smoke and injured people lying on the ground," one witness, Shahid Khan, told the AFP news agency from near the scene. |
| TV footage from the scene showed shattered glass and debris covering a wide area. | TV footage from the scene showed shattered glass and debris covering a wide area. |
| A senior minister for the North West Frontier Province, Bashir Ahmad Bilour, told the media that four people had been killed, including two policemen, and six were injured. | A senior minister for the North West Frontier Province, Bashir Ahmad Bilour, told the media that four people had been killed, including two policemen, and six were injured. |
| He said it was a suicide attack. | He said it was a suicide attack. |
| The dead and injured have been taken to the nearby Combined Military Hospital. | The dead and injured have been taken to the nearby Combined Military Hospital. |
| Peshawar, near the Afghan border, has been targeted repeatedly since the Pakistani army operation in South Waziristan began in mid-October. | |
| On 28 October, at least 100 people died when a huge car bomb ripped through the city's busy Peepal Mandi market. | |
| Hundreds more people have been killed in attacks across the country since the army operation began in the autumn. |