Peshawar: Another suicide bomb attack rocked Peshawar in Pakistan on Saturday. The blast took place at a security check-post at Pashtakhara Chowk.
The explosion took place near the entry point.
Seven people have been reportedly killed, including some police officials and 15 more have been injured in the attack.
A number of damaged cars have been seen on the blast site.
Army personnel and security personnel have been deployed to near the blast site.
Suicide car bombers killed 16 people and wounded more than 80 in two attacks in northwestern Pakistan on Friday, including a devastating strike on the regional headquarters of the spy agency overseeing much of the country's anti-terror campaign.
The bombings were the latest in a string of attacks on security forces, civilians and Western targets since the government launched an offensive in mid-October against militants in the border region of South Waziristan, where al-Qaeda and Taliban leaders are believed to be hiding out.
A car bomb exploded in a market in Peshawar at the end of October, killing at least 112 people in the deadliest attack in Pakistan in over two years. On October 10, a team of militants staged a raid on the army headquarters close to the capital, Islamabad, taking soldiers hostages in a 22-hour standoff that left nine militants and 14 others dead.
The government has vowed the surging militant attacks will not dent the country's resolve to pursue the operation in South Waziristan, where officials say the most deadly insurgent network in Pakistan is based. The army claims to be making good progress.
Meanwhile, the US has urged Pakistan to persevere with its South Waziristan offensive because militants have used the area as a base to attack Western troops across the border in Afghanistan.
(With inputs from agencies)
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