Car blast kills 6, injures 70 in Pakistan

A DEADLY car bomb has killed six and injured 70 in the Pakistani city of Peshawar as the UN appealed for $543 million (€388m) to ease the suffering of nearly two million refugees from the fighting in the north-west.

The developments came as the military said it was encircling Taliban militants in the Swat valley.

The car bomb exploded near a movie theatre in Peshawar, killing at least six people and wounding 70 others, police said. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.