In Pakistan, at least 41 people have been killed in a bomb blast in a crowded area of the north-western city of Peshawar. The Provincial Health Minister of North West Frontier Province, Zahir Ali Shah who visited the Lady Reading Hospital in Peshawar said more than 100 people have also been injured. Officials and witnesses said a vehicle laden with explosives was detonated and destroyed near the city's Khyber Bazaar. TV footage showed the charred frame of a bus destroyed by the explosion. Many of the victims of the blast were bus passengers. The remains of other vehicles were strewn on the road. This explosion is the latest in a series of recent bombings across north-western Pakistan. Hours earlier, police said the gunmen in Peshawar had attacked vehicles taking supplies to Nato forces in Afghanistan, setting them on fire and destroying them.