Seven people have been killed in a car bomb attack at a petrol station in northwest Pakistan.
The blast occurred in Charsadda town, about 30km northeast of Peshawar, the capital of the northwest frontier province.
Safwat Ghyur, a senior police official from Peshawar, told reporters that three young boys, two women and a male driver who were sitting in the vehicle were killed in the blast.
Another man later died on his way to hospital, taking the death toll to seven.
Jahanzeb Khan, a police official at the scene, confirmed the death toll and said the vehicle has been completely destroyed by the bomb.
More than 2,000 people have died in Taliban-linked bombings in Pakistan since July 2007.
The military went on the offensive against Pakistani Taliban in the Swat Valley in the northwest of the country in late April, which initially triggered more bomb attacks by militants.
After three months, the army has killed or driven out many militants from Swat in what has been widely seen as a successful operation.
However, today's blast and two weekend suicide bombings in Swat that killed five soldiers will raise fears that militants are re-organising.
No top Taliban leader has been killed or captured in the Swat offensive.
