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'Eight killed' in Pakistan attack Nine soldiers killed in Pakistan
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At least eight people have been killed in a suicide attack in north-western Pakistan, police say. Nine soldiers have been killed in a suicide bomb attack in the town of Kohat in Pakistan's North West Frontier Province (NWFP), the military says.
Reports said the attack happened at Kohat town, some 50km (30 miles) from the city of Peshawar. Bomb attacks on the security forces have become a regular occurrence in the NWFP area.
Some reports said the bomber targeted a security check point in the area, while other said the explosion took place near an army school. The attack comes two days after President Pervez Musharraf lifted the state of emergency imposed in November.
There has been heavy fighting between the army and pro-Taleban forces in north-western Pakistan recently. He cited improved security and progress in the battle against militants as a main reason for ending it.
Much of the fighting has been in the district of Swat - the first serious insurgent threat from pro-Taleban forces in what is considered a settled area of Pakistan. Common targets
Until now the army has focused on fighting militants mainly on the largely autonomous Waziristan tribal areas along the Afghan border. A military spokesman told the BBC that all those killed in the Kohat attack were soldiers. Four soldiers were also injured.
They were on their way back from a training course, he said, when they were targeted by the suicide bomber.
Police and army check posts are common targets.
One of the reasons President Musharraf gave for imposing emergency rule on 3 November was the need to strengthen the country's efforts in tackling extremists in the country.
On Saturday, in a televised address to the nation, he said one of the reasons he was now lifting the state of emergency was because there had been considerable gains in the fight against extremists.
He cited in particular the army's progress against militants in the Swat valley.
That is also in North West Frontier Province and has been the scene of a bloody conflict in recent months between army forces and Islamic militants.
Speaking of Swat, President Musharraf said the terrorists back had now been broken.
But the general surge in suicide attacks in Pakistan does not yet seem to have abated.