Terror attacks in Pakistan
10 injured in Peshawar recent blast. After an attack near a nuclear facility in Punjab province killing seven people and a large explosion in the north-western city of Peshawar that left several injured, a third blast has hit Pakistan claiming at least 18 lives.
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A Pakistani security official collects evidence at a bomb blast site in Peshawar on October 23, 2009. Bombers targeted an Air Force base and later an upmarket restaurant in Pakistan, unleashing fresh bloodshed in a 19-day wave of attacks that has left nearly 200 people dead. (AFP Photo) -
At least 10 people were injured in a bomb attack outside a restaurant in the northwestern city of Peshawar on Friday, October 23, 2009. (AFP Photo) -
The walls and windows of the restaurant were blown up by the blast. The injured were taken to nearby hospitals. (AFP Photo) -
Pakistani rescuers help an injured man at the bomb blast site. Witnesses to the restaurant blast said it occurred soon after a man parked a car outside the restaurant. (AFP Photo)
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Smoke billows from the site of the explosion. Reports add that the restaurant targeted in the attack belonged to the son of a senior leader of the Awami National Party, which is in power in NWFP and is part of the ruling coalition at the Centre. (AFP Photo)
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Rescuers gather at the bomb blast site in Peshawar. (AFP Photo) -
Pakistani security personnel at the bomb blast site in Peshawar. (AFP Photo) -
Earlier in the day, terrorists struck near a nuclear facility in Pakistan in Kamra - for the fourth time since 2007. At least seven people were killed and dozens were injured in the attack. (AFP Photo) -
Reports said the bomber walked up to the first check post outside the Pakistan Aeronautical Complex within the cantonment in Kamra in Punjab and detonated his explosives when security guards stopped him. (AP Photo) -
Map locates Kamra, Pakistan, where a suicide attacker hit a military complex. (AP Photo)
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