A SUICIDE bomber killed seven people near a major air force complex in northwest Pakistan yesterday, while an explosion killed 17 on a bus heading to a wedding elsewhere in the region, the latest in a surge of militant attacks this month.

A suicide bomber killed seven people near a major air force complex in north-west Pakistan today while an explosion killed 17 on a bus heading to a wedding elsewhere in the region.

A suicide bomber struck a checkpoint near a military complex reportedly linked to Pakistan’s nuclear weapons programme today, killing seven people as the army pressed ahead with a major anti-Taliban offensive in the northwest.

A suicide bomber struck a bus carrying schoolchildren at a military base in northwestern Pakistan today, wounding at least five of the children, an army spokesman said.

An explosion ripped through a market near a military base west of Islamabad today, killing a girl and injuring 16 other people, government officials and the state-run news agency said.