Pakistan: Allah's finest bomb packed passenger bus, kill 19

Pakistani police officers check the wreckage of a bus that exploded when a bomb planted in it went off on the outskirts of Peshawar, Pakistan, Friday, June 8 [...] (AP Photo)

PESHAWAR, Pakistan (Reuters) - A bomb exploded on a bus on the outskirts of the northwestern Pakistani city of Peshawar on Friday, killing 19 people and wounding several, police officials said.

There have been numerous bombings in Peshawar, capital of the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province, since the Pakistani military stepped up operations against militant groups in 2007.

"The bus was carrying around 40 people, most of them government employees, when there was a huge blast," police official Merah Khan told Reuters.

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