Islamabad, Safar 25, 1432, Jan 29, 2011, SPA -- A suicide bomber detonated his explosive-laden truck on Saturday in a tunnel in Pakistan's north-west region, killing eight people and injuring 14 more, government officials said. The bombing that took place just after midnight damaged Kohat tunnel, which connects the north-western cities of Peshawar and Kohat, forcing the authorities to close it to traffic. Khalid Khan Omarzai, the top civil administrator in Kohat, told the German Press Agency DPA over the phone that the truck was packed with around 500 kilograms of explosives and the bomber rammed it into the inner wall of the tunnel. Following the blast, an oil tanker outside the tunnel caught fire and exploded minutes later, damaging several vehicles. Officials at two hospitals in Kohat and Peshawar said that they had received eight bodies and 14 seriously injured people. --SPA 11:22 LOCAL TIME 08:22 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/860181