Militants end ceasefire as violence rocks Pakistan

Suicide bombers struck today in two areas of north-western Pakistan, killing up to 38 people, while Taliban militants broke a 10-month-old peace pact with the government along the frontier with Afghanistan.

The militants said the ceasefire agreement was being terminated in North Waziristan, where Taliban and al-Qaida operate, because government forces had attacked the militants, failed to pay compensation to those harmed and created problems at check points.