Pakistan: Car Bomb At Army Check Point Kills 17

A car bomb has exploded next to two fuel tankers at an army check point in Pakistan, killing 17 soldiers and wounding dozens more.

Officials said the attack in the North Waziristan tribal area, where many Taliban and al Qaeda fighters are based, destroyed two army barracks.

No one has yet claimed responsibility for the blast, which happened as former Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf returned to the country after more than four years, despite death threats from militants.

Pervez Musharraf has returned to Pakistan after four years

It came just hours before Mir Hazar Khan Khoso, a former high court chief justice, was appointed to serve as caretaker prime minister in the run up to national elections in May.

Janan Dawar, who lives about 14km (9 miles) from the site of the bombing, said he heard a huge explosion and saw flames leap into the air.

Most of the soldiers who died were working for a wing of the army that is building roads in North Waziristan.

The US has funded much of the project in an attempt to win the supporr of local residents.

The Taliban are known to use North Waziristan as a base from which to launch cross-border attacks against American troops in Afghanistan.

The Pakistani army has tens of thousands of soldiers in the region but has resisted US pressure to launch an offensive against the militants.

It says its forces are spread too thinly fighting domestic terrorism.

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