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Pakistan blast kills five people | |
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A suicide car bomb has killed at least five people and wounded 20 others in Pakistan's tribal North West Frontier province. | |
The vehicle blew up as it rammed another car in the town of Parachinar. | |
Earlier in the day, the Pakistani army said four soldiers were killed during fighting with pro-Taleban militants in neighbouring North Waziristan. | |
The army also said it had killed 10 militants in the exchange, but there is no independent confirmation. | |
The suicide bomb in Parachinar went off at the bus station after the attacker rammed an explosive-laden car into another vehicle near a bus packed with passengers, Mohammed Kamal, a local police official, told AP agency. | |
Soldiers under attack | |
"According to our information, it was a suicide attack, and the body parts of the attacker are being collected," Mr Kamal said. | |
The attack in Parachinar followed only a few hours after pro-Taliban militants stormed a security checkpoint in Dosali, a remote area of the North Waziristan tribal region, triggering a shootout that killed four soldiers and 10 militants, officials said. | |
Five other soldiers were wounded, army spokesman Maj. Gen. Waheed Arshad told AP. | |
Pakistan has seen a sharp increase in attacks on the security services since government forces fought a bloody battle with radical Islamists last month for control of the Red Mosque in the capital, Islamabad. | |
The North West Frontier province is a stronghold of pro-Taleban militants, who oppose the government of Gen Pervez Musharraf. |