Officials said that at least 17 people, including security personnel, were killed and dozens of others wounded when a pair of bombings rocked Pakistan on Friday.

Mian Iftikhar Hussain, information minister for North West Frontier Province, said that the first car bomb targeted the intelligence agency that plays a central role in Pakistan’s anti-terrorism campaigns. Ten people died and at least 60 were wounded in the incident.

The 800-pound bomb ripped through the Inter-Services Intelligence’s provincial headquarters, collapsing large parts of the multistory building in central Peshawar.

Seven of the dead were security officials and several others were thought to be buried under the rubble, Hussain said. Rescue teams were working to remove debris to find survivors.

The second explosion hit North West Frontier Province’s Bannu District, southwest of Peshawar. Bannu police Officer Oranzed Khan said that a suicide bomber rammed his car into the Bakka Khel police station, killing seven, five of whom were policemen, and injuring 23 others.

(article and photo source: CNN)

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