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Blast near Pakistan army centre Pakistan suicide blast kills 35
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About 10 people are feared dead and 30 injured after an explosion outside an army training centre in north-west Pakistan, according to reports. A suicide bomber has blown himself up at an army parade ground in north-west Pakistan, killing at least 35 soldiers, officials say.
The blast took place in the town of Dargai in North West Frontier province when unidentified armed men apparently attacked the base. About 20 people were wounded in the attack, which happened at a training ground in the town of Dargai in North West Frontier province.
Pakistani military spokesman Maj-Gen Shaukat Sultan confirmed there had been an incident but had no further details.
Dargai is said to be a stronghold of a pro-Taleban militant group.Dargai is said to be a stronghold of a pro-Taleban militant group.
An eyewitness, Aurangzeb, told the BBC he saw soldiers picking up scattered body parts minutes after the explosion.
"The victims were dying. Their shoes and caps were scattered all over the place," he said.
Tribesmen in the area had rallied against Islamabad's alliance with the US after an air strike on an alleged militant camp at an Islamic school last week.
President Pervez Musharraf said the 80 people killed in the air strike were militants, not students as protesters say.
Pakistan has deployed nearly 80,000 troops along the border to hunt militants who sought refuge after the ousting of the Taleban in Afghanistan in 2001.