A suicide car bomber killed 10 people Saturday at a police checkpoint on the outskirts of the northwestern Pakistani city of Peshawar, in the latest in a string of militant attacks targeting the city, officials told the Associated Press.
"Suddenly, a car exploded with a big bang," Malik Jehangir, police official who was working at the checkpoint, told the AP. "There was a long queue of the vehicles. One of our officials wanted to search the car when it exploded."
Attacks on security forces, civilians and Western targets have surged since the government launched an offensive in mid-October against militants in the border region of South Waziristan, where al-Qaida and Taliban leaders are believed to be hiding out, the AP said.
Jehangir said 10 people were killed, including two police officials. Four children and a woman were among the dead civilians, he added.
Taliban and al-Qaida fighters are waging a war against the Pakistani government because they deem it un-Islamic and are angry about its alliance with the United States, the AP said. The insurgency began in earnest in 2007, and attacks have spiked since preparations for the offensive in South Waziristan began.
The government has vowed that the militant attacks will not dent its resolve to continue the operation in the region, where officials say the most deadly insurgent network in Pakistan is based. The army claims it is making good progress.
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