news-and-views <p> <p><span style="font-size: small; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">The bomber blew himself up in a roadside restaurant on the town's outskirts, local police told the BBC. </span></p> <p><span style="font-size: small; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">They say that he entered the restaurant after parking his car outside, which also blew up. </span></p> <p><span style="font-size: small; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Police say the man might may well have missed his target, a convoy of 40 trucks carrying supplies for Nato troops in Afghanistan. </span></p> <p><span style="font-size: small; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">The convoy departed from the restaurant half-an-hour before the suicide bomber arrived. </span></p> <p><span style="font-size: small; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Correspondents say that militants frequently target supply trucks for US and Nato troops that travel through Pakistani territory. </span></p> <p><span style="font-size: small; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Most such attacks usually occur in the border town of Chaman, one of two major crossing points for the trucks. </span></p> <p><span style="font-size: small; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Militants have also attacked Nato supply lines in the north-west of Pakistan, especially through the famed Khyber Pass. </span></p> <p><span style="font-size: small; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Story from BBC NEWS:<br />http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/2/hi/south_asia/8126643.stm</span></p> </p> 2009-06-30T07:27:21-06:00 At least four people have been killed in a suicide attack outside the south-western Pakistani city of Quetta in Balochistan province, police say. 3224 true 2009-06-30T07:27:21-06:00 http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/8126643.stm 2009-06-30T07:27:21-06:00 0