TWO separate bomb blasts in Pakistan's troubled northwest on Tuesday killed five people and wounded 26 others.
The first bomb was planted in a motorbike and detonated at a busy plaza in the regional capital Peshawar, killing two people and injuring 19 others, senior police official Tahir Ayub told AFP.
Another senior police official, Saeed Khan, confirmed the casualties.
A second bomb hit a busy market in Landi Kotal town of Khyber tribal district, close to Peshawar, killing three people and wounding seven others, a government official told AFP. One tribal policeman was among the dead and two others were injured.
"The bomb also destroyed two vehicles," Said Ahmad Jan, the official, said.
Islamist militants opposed to the government, particularly the nebulous Tehreek-e-Taliban (TTP) network, have carried out bomb and gun attacks killing more than 4700 people across Pakistan since July 2007.
Khyber is a part of Pakistan's seven tribal districts, rife with homegrown insurgents and strongholds of Taliban and al-Qaeda operatives.
Pakistan has for years battled insurgents in the tribal belt. More than 3000 soldiers have died but Islamabad has resisted US pressure to do more to eliminate militant havens. AFP
