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Blast in Pakistan's northwest, several casualties


    PESHAWAR, Pakistan (Reuters) - A bomb went off in a village cattle market in Pakistan's Khyber region on the Afghan border on Thursday, causing several casualties, officials said.

    "According to initial reports there are several casualties. We're making checks," said a government official in the region, Sajjad Khan.

    (Reporting by Ibrahim Shinwari; Writing by Zeeshan Haider; Editing by Robert Birsel)