Bomb destroys Pakistani security building

PAKISTAN: A suicide car-bomber destroyed an office of Pakistan's main intelligence agency in the northwestern city of Peshawar on Friday, killing at least 13 people and wounding over 30, witnesses and officials said.

Militants have stepped up attacks on security forces including a commando-style raid and hostage-taking at the army's headquarters in Rawalpindi last month.

The frontier city of Peshawar has been targeted several times since the army began an offensive against the militants in the South Waziristan region on the Afghan border on Oct. 17.

"It was the biggest explosion I've ever heard," said city resident Asad Ali.

A military spokesman said the bomber's target was the office of the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) agency and witnesses said the building in a military neighbourhood had completely collapsed. PESHAWAR, Friday, Reuters