Bomb Blast Kills 7 in Pakistani City of Peshawar

By VOA News 14 November 2009

Damaged vehicles at site of a suicide car bombing in Peshawar, Pakistan, 14 Nov 2009

Pakistani police say a suicide car bombing has killed at least seven people and wounded more than 20 others, in the latest attack in the northwestern city of Peshawar.

Officials say the bomber set off explosives Saturday at a police checkpoint. They say two police officers are among the dead.

The bombing came a day after a suicide bomber struck the Peshawar office of Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence agency, killing 10 people. That blast caused a large portion of the three-story ISI building to collapse.

Authorities say recent militant attacks in Peshawar are in retaliation for the government's offensive against the Taliban in the tribal regions bordering Afghanistan.

Elsewhere Saturday, the Pakistani military says troops killed eight militants in the latest fighting in the northwest Swat Valley.