In Pakistan, a suicide bomber detonated his explosives-laden vehicle into a hotel in a crowded market near Kohat town in the northwest on Friday killing 22 people and wounding 60 others.<br/> <br/>TV channels quoting local police said the explosion destroyed several shops, vehicles and created panic as the market was overflowing with shoppers stocking up for the upcoming Eid festival. <br/> <br/>The attack on Shia-dominated town of Ustarzai near Kohat was the second blast in two days in the town which is about 60 kilometres from NWFP capital Peshawar. <br/> <br/>Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani condemning the attack, described it as a cowardly act and said the government is determined to stamp out the menace of terrorism from the country.<br/> <br/>The blast for which no body has claimed responsibility so far but what appears to be a handiwork of hardline Taliban elements comes as Pakistan military has recently nabbed prominent militant leaders in the Swat valley.