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| At least 13 people have been killed and 10 wounded in a bomb attack on a Pakistani air force bus near the north-western city of Peshawar, police say. | At least 13 people have been killed and 10 wounded in a bomb attack on a Pakistani air force bus near the north-western city of Peshawar, police say. |
| The attack near Badaber, an air force base on the outskirts of the city, completely destroyed the bus. | The attack near Badaber, an air force base on the outskirts of the city, completely destroyed the bus. |
| The bomb went off as the bus drove over a bridge. Civilians were reported to be among the passengers. | The bomb went off as the bus drove over a bridge. Civilians were reported to be among the passengers. |
| It is the first such attack in weeks and comes as Pakistani troops battle militants in parts of the north-west. | It is the first such attack in weeks and comes as Pakistani troops battle militants in parts of the north-west. |
| The police chief of North West Frontier Province, Malik Naveed Khan, said the bomb appeared to have been remotely detonated. | The police chief of North West Frontier Province, Malik Naveed Khan, said the bomb appeared to have been remotely detonated. |
| 'Crying for help' | |
| "Thirteen dead bodies... have now been brought here," the AFP news agency quoted Khan Abbas, a police official at Peshawar's Lady Reading Hospital, as saying. | |
| Another police officer at the hospital said four air force officials and a young girl were among the dead, the agency reported. | |
| An eyewitness said the explosion tossed the vehicle into air, and it caught fire. | An eyewitness said the explosion tossed the vehicle into air, and it caught fire. |
| Civilians die in Pakistan battles | |
| "I saw the men on fire inside the vehicle, they were crying for help," he said. | "I saw the men on fire inside the vehicle, they were crying for help," he said. |
| "People rushed to the vehicle and started pulling out the dead and injured. The police arrived at the scene after an hour." | "People rushed to the vehicle and started pulling out the dead and injured. The police arrived at the scene after an hour." |
| Reports said the explosion left a huge crater. The bus was reduced to a tangle of twisted metal and debris. | |
| The BBC's M Ilyas Khan in Karachi says this is the first direct attack on security forces in several weeks. | The BBC's M Ilyas Khan in Karachi says this is the first direct attack on security forces in several weeks. |
| The bombing comes soon after Taleban militants threatened they would retaliate against government forces for military operations against insurgents in the Bajaur tribal region near the Afghan border. | The bombing comes soon after Taleban militants threatened they would retaliate against government forces for military operations against insurgents in the Bajaur tribal region near the Afghan border. |
| Tuesday's attack may be a response to the security operation in Bajaur, our correspondent says. | Tuesday's attack may be a response to the security operation in Bajaur, our correspondent says. |
| Pakistan saw a wave of militant violence last year with dozens of suicide attacks and bomb blasts which killed hundreds of people. | |
| Violence reduced considerably after a new coalition government came to power after elections earlier this year and opened negotiations with the militants. | |
| But clashes have intensified after top Pakistani Taleban leader Baitullah Mehsud suspended talks in June. |