At least 10 dead in Pakistan suicide attack

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BANNU, Pakistan (AFP) — At least 10 people, including police officers and prison staff, died in a suicide attack Thursday in a garrison town in northwest Pakistan as they headed to work, a police official told AFP.

The incident was the latest in a series of deadly attacks to hit Pakistan since the resignation of Pervez Musharraf as president, with the country's fragile coalition government struggling to combat Islamic militancy.

"The van was carrying policemen and jail staff when it was hit by an explosives-laden car which was used in the attack," said Bannu police official Najeebullah, who uses only one name.

"Ten people, mostly police and prison workers, were killed in the attack," he said.

The van that was targeted in the head-on collision was...