A car bomb exploded on a crowded street in north-western Pakistan today, killing 37 people in the third blast to hit the troubled city of Peshawar in a week, officials said.

A suspected Taliban car bomb exploded in a Pakistan market today killing more than 90 people, mostly women and children, as US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton arrived to pledge support for the campaign against Islamist militants.

Two explosions at a busy Pakistan market and a police checkpoint killed at least 11 people and wounded scores of others today.