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| A suicide bomber has blown himself up at an army parade ground in north-west Pakistan, killing at least 35 soldiers, officials say. | A suicide bomber has blown himself up at an army parade ground in north-west Pakistan, killing at least 35 soldiers, officials say. |
| About 20 people were wounded in the attack, which happened at a training ground in the town of Dargai in North West Frontier province. | About 20 people were wounded in the attack, which happened at a training ground in the town of Dargai in North West Frontier province. |
| 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. | 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. | "The victims were dying. Their shoes and caps were scattered all over the place," he said. |
| It appeared that most of the men who died were military recruits who had been doing morning exercises. | |
| "This is a terrorist act that appears to be a suicide bombing and we are investigating," military spokesman Major General Shaukat Sultan said. | |
| There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the attack. | |
| The BBC's Barbara Plett in Islamabad says Dargai, located close to the Pakistan's semi-autonomous tribal region, is a stronghold of a pro-Taleban movement that has been banned by the government. | |
| Last month, the army said it carried out an air strike on a religious school run by the group near the Afghan border, killing what is claimed were 80 suspected militants. | |
| Tribesmen in the area had rallied against Islamabad's alliance with the US after the air strike. | |
| President Pervez Musharraf said the 80 people killed in the air strike were militants, not students as protesters say. | 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. | 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. |