Suicide attack kills15 in Pakistan
A suicide bomber blew up a bus in northwest Pakistan yesterday, killing 15 people.
The blast took place close to the border regions with Afghanistan, the stronghold of Islamist militants threatening the stability of nuclear-armed Pakistan.
The bomber destroyed a small passenger bus at a station in a market area of Kohat city, photographs taken by the Associated Press showed. Many of the victims were onboard the vehicle. It was unclear whether the attacker was inside the bus.
al-Qaeda and Taliban militants seeking to overthrow Pakistan's broadly pro-Western government have carried out scores of bombings in recent years, mostly against Western, government or security targets.
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