Suicide blast kills 6 in Pakistan

A suicide bomber killed three children, age between 4 and 11, and three soldiers in an attack on a military vehicle in Pakistan's restive northwestern region bordering Afghanistan, officials said yesterday. The mountainous frontier separating Pakistan and Afghanistan has long been a hive of militant activity, with fighters using the porous border to escape state security forces. On Saturday evening a suicide bomber detonated in a small market near Miran Shah in North Waziristan, just 26 kilometres southeast of Afghanistan. The attack has not yet been claimed by any militant groups.