Bus bomb blast kills 17 in Pakistan

A bomb has exploded in the back of a bus carrying government employees in northern Pakistan, killing 17 people and wounding 42 others.

There was no immediate claim of responsibility but militants in northwestern Pakistan often target troops and state officials.

The bomb went off as the bus was traveling through the outskirts of the city of Peshawar, the provincial capital. It was carrying workers back to their home city of Charsadda. .

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One witness who was not identified, told Pakistan’s Geo Television channel that he was driving his car behind the bus when the blast ripped open the back end. He said dozens of people sitting on the roof were thrown to the side.

Militants who are trying to overthrow the government and establish a hard-line Islamic state have been waging war in the northwest against the military.

Last Sunday, two suicide bombers attacked a church in Peshawar, killing dozens of Christians and also killed a major general in the Pakistan Army.

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