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Pakistan suicide blast kills 'at least 18' in Mardan Pakistan suicide bombing kills 'at least 22' in Mardan
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A suspected suicide attack at a government office in north-west Pakistan has killed at least 18 people, officials say. A suspected suicide attack at a government office in north-west Pakistan has killed at least 22 people, police say.
A bomb went off outside National Database and Registration Authority (NADRA) in Mardan. The bomb went off outside the National Database and Registration Authority (Nadra) office in the town of Mardan.
Some reports suggested a suicide bomber had driven a motorbike into the office's gates. A splinter faction of the Pakistani Taliban said it carried out the attack, which left more than 30 others wounded.
The NADRA office was reportedly crowded with people lining up to get ID cards. The attack is one of the deadliest since last December's massacre of 150 pupils and teachers in Peshawar.
The bomber in Mardan reportedly arrived on a motorbike and blew himself up when stopped by a security guard outside the Nadra building.
The office is usually crowded with people lining up to get ID cards.
Police put the death toll at 22 so far. Most of the dead and wounded are civilians, BBC correspondents say.
The Bach Khan Medical complex has received at least 16 dead bodies and dozens of injured people, Reuters reports.The Bach Khan Medical complex has received at least 16 dead bodies and dozens of injured people, Reuters reports.
Police Superintendant Hashmatullah Zaidi put the death toll at 18. If the attacker had not been stopped by a security guard at the office's gate, the death toll would be significantly higher, Mardan police Deputy Inspector General Saeed Wazie told BBC Urdu's Adil Shahzeb.
The attack is one of the worst since a security crackdown following the Peshawar school massacre a year ago that saw 150 people killed by the Pakistani Taliban. He said up to 12 kilograms of explosive material may have been used in the blast.
Jamaat-ul-Ahrar, which split from the Pakistani Taliban in 2014, said it carried out the attack on what it called the "heathen Pakistan state".
The bombing is one of the deadliest since a security crackdown following the Peshawar school massacre a year ago that saw 150 people killed by the Pakistani Taliban.
Offensives against insurgents have reduced major militant attacks from dozens every month in 2014 to no more than one or two a month this year.Offensives against insurgents have reduced major militant attacks from dozens every month in 2014 to no more than one or two a month this year.
Mardan is 30 miles (50km) northwest of Peshawar, the capital of Khyber Pahktunkhwa province. Mardan is 30 miles (50km) north-west of Peshawar, the capital of Khyber Pahktunkhwa province.
No group has yet claimed responsibility for the attack.