At least 10 people have been killed and about 20 injured in a suicide bomb attack near the north-western Pakistani city of Peshawar, police say.
The blast ripped through a busy cattle market on the outskirts of the city.
The bomber appeared to have targeted a local anti-Taliban mayor, who died in the attack.
Islamist militants have unleashed a campaign of attacks in Pakistan in recent weeks in retaliation for an army offensive in South Waziristan.
Cars destroyed
The Taliban said they carried out the latest attack.
It appeared to target the mayor of Adizai, Abdul Malik, who was a vocal opponent of the militants. His home village is close to tribal areas where militants are active.READ MORE
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