Suicide car-bomber kills four in Pakistan

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Source: Reuters

PESHAWAR, Pakistan, Dec 3 (Reuters) - A suicide bomber rammed a car into a military convoy in a northwestern Pakistan on Wednesday, killing three soldiers and a passer-by, police and residents said.

Pakistani forces are battling al Qaeda and Taliban militants in the northwest, who have retaliated with a campaign of suicide bombings, particularly on the security forces in the ethnic Pashtun tribal regions on the Afghan border.

The violence has raised concern about nuclear-armed Pakistan's prospects as its civilian government struggles with a sharp economic downturn and with pressure from India which blames militants from Pakistan for last week's assault in Mumbai.

In the latest attack on Pakistani forces, the bomber targetted a paramilitary Frontier Corps convoy, 32 km (20 miles) northwest of the city of Peshawar city, near the Mohmand region.



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