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| Two people have been killed including a local police chief in a roadside bomb attack in the north-western Pakistani city of Peshawar, police say. | Two people have been killed including a local police chief in a roadside bomb attack in the north-western Pakistani city of Peshawar, police say. |
| The bomb was apparently detonated by a remote control device close to their vehicle. Two police were also injured. | |
| Hours earlier, another roadside blast killed a civilian and injured three others in Bara, 15km (10 miles) away. | |
| Peshawar is capital of North-West Frontier Province, where pro-Taleban militants often target security forces. | Peshawar is capital of North-West Frontier Province, where pro-Taleban militants often target security forces. |
| Correspondents say the violence is the first since the formation of a new provincial government. | |
| The provincial government is trying to stop violence through negotiation | |
| It was elected on a platform of negotiating with militants, and on Wednesday signed an agreement with pro-Taleban fighters in the troubled Swat valley. | |
| The militants said they would stop attacks and close training camps, in return for withdrawal of troops from the area and some steps towards the imposition of Sharia law. | |
| Meanwhile, Pakistan's central government has offered peace to any militants who renounce violence. | |
| It is attempting to bring to an end a wave of bombings which has killed hundreds of people over the past year. |