Pakistan suicide bomber kills 22

A suicide bomber attacked a crowded Shiite mosque south of the Pakistani capital Islamabad today, killing 22 people and wounding dozens more in the latest carnage to hit the US-allied nation, officials said.

Violence in Pakistan has spread well beyond the dangerous Afghan border region, including a suicide bombing in Islamabad yesterday that killed eight paramilitary personnel and a deadly commando-style attack against a police academy last week in Lahore.