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Car bomb attack in Pakistan kills four

23 January 2010 19:34 (UTC +04:00)

Baku. Ziya Agazade â€“ APA. A suicide bomber killed at least four people including two children on Saturday while militants destroyed a NATO tanker in a region of Pakistan known for harbouring Al-Qaeda and the Taliban, APA reports citing â€œAgency France Press AFP)â€.

The attacker detonated a car bomb outside a police station in Gomal, near the northwestern city of Tank, which neighbours the Taliban stronghold of South Waziristan where Pakistani troops are battling Islamist militants.

Pakistan sent about 30,000 troops backed by fighter jets and helicopter gunships into battle against the Taliban in South Waziristan in October, and says they are making progress and militants are fleeing.

During a visit to Pakistan that ended Friday, US Defence Secretary Robert Gates said he would ask Islamabad about plans to broaden its campaign to neighbouring North Waziristan.

Attacks blamed mostly on the Taliban have killed more than 2,900 people across Pakistan since July 2007, concentrated in the northwest and major cities.