10 killed,14 injured in blast in Pak’s Hangu district

At least two children were among the injured.

Witnesses said several persons could be buried in the rubble of shops and buildings damaged by the powerful blast.

The office of the district police chief was also damaged. The injured were taken to a nearby hospital,where an emergency was declared.

No group claimed responsibility for the attack.

The nature of the blast could not immediately be ascertained. Cities and towns across Pakistan have witnessed a string of terrorist attacks in the wake of the killing of Osama bin Laden in a US raid in Abbottabad on May 2.

The Pakistani Taliban and Al Qaida have vowed to carry out attacks to avenge the killing of the Al Qaida leader.

On Sunday,a group of heavily armed Taliban fighters stormed a naval airbase in Karachi,killing 10 security personnel and destroying two P3C Orion maritime surveillance aircraft.

Earlier this month,nearly 90 people were killed when two suicide bombers blew themselves up outside a paramilitary training centre in northwest Pakistan.