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| 'Thirty die' in Pakistan attack | |
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| At least 30 people have been killed in a suicide attack in north-western Pakistan, according to police. | |
| Some reports said that the bomber blew himself up at a mosque close to former Interior Minister Aftab Khan Sherpao's house near the city of Peshawar. | Some reports said that the bomber blew himself up at a mosque close to former Interior Minister Aftab Khan Sherpao's house near the city of Peshawar. |
| Police officer Khalid Khan told the Associated Press news agency that Mr Sherpao and his son were "safe". | Police officer Khalid Khan told the Associated Press news agency that Mr Sherpao and his son were "safe". |
| The explosion happened as people observed the Eid festival, a public holiday in Pakistan. | |
| Dozens of people wounded in the explosion have been taken to a local hospital. | |
| A senior official in North West Frontier Province (NWFP), Bacha Gul Wazir, told Reuters news agency that the bomb exploded as people were offering prayers at the mosque in Charsadda district. | |
| Surge of violence | |
| It was the second apparent attack on Mr Sherpao - a close ally of President Pervez Musharraf - in eight months. He is running as a candidate for parliament in general elections next month. | |
| We were saying prayers when this huge explosion occurred. It almost blew out our ear drums Shaukat Ali, eyewitness | |
| Police official Mohammad Sharif Virk was quoted by AFP news agency as saying that the bomber was "among the people, offering Eid prayers". | Police official Mohammad Sharif Virk was quoted by AFP news agency as saying that the bomber was "among the people, offering Eid prayers". |
| "We were saying prayers when this huge explosion occurred. It almost blew out our ear drums," said 26-year-old Shaukat Ali. | |
| There has been a surge of violence in north-western Pakistan since troops ousted armed militants from the radical Red Mosque in Islamabad in July. | There has been a surge of violence in north-western Pakistan since troops ousted armed militants from the radical Red Mosque in Islamabad in July. |
| Troops have driven the militants from a series of small towns and villages where they had tried to implement strict Islamic law. | Troops have driven the militants from a series of small towns and villages where they had tried to implement strict Islamic law. |
| The army says it has killed nearly 300 pro-Taleban militants in the restive Swat region in North West Frontier Province. | |
| The fighting in Swat is the first serious insurgent threat from pro-Taleban forces in what is considered a settled area of Pakistan. | The fighting in Swat is the first serious insurgent threat from pro-Taleban forces in what is considered a settled area of Pakistan. |
| Bomb attacks against government forces have also become a regular occurrence in the NWFP area. | |
| Last week, nine soldiers were killed in a suicide bomb attack in the town of Kohat. | |
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