At least six killed by car-bomb in Pakistan

PESHAWAR, Pakistan-A car-bomb went off by a police post in the northwestern Pakistani city of Peshawar on Saturday killing at least six people and wounding about 40, police and hospital staff said.There was no immediate claim of responsibility but al Qaeda-linked militants have set off numerous bombs in Pakistan over the past year, many of them in the northwest and aimed at security forces.The blast came as members of parliament and the country's four provincial assemblies were voting for a new president to replace Pervez Musharraf, who resigned last month."A vehicle laden with explosives went off near the police post which has been totally destroyed," said senior police official Garanullah.He said the toll could rise as a building had collapsed because of the blast. A witness said he saw 10 bodies being taken away.Elsewhere in the northwest, villagers battled Taliban militants after the Taliban tried to kidnap a Muslim holy man, and 20 villagers and six militants have been killed, police said.The clash in the Swat Valley, about 140 km (85 miles) northwest of the capital, Islamabad, was a rare show of defiance by civilians in the northwest where militants have been extending their influence from strongholds on the Afghan border.The fighting broke out on Friday between militants and residents of Matta district in valley.
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