PESHAWAR, Pakistan, April 18, SPA -- A suicide bomber rammed an explosives-laden vehicle into a military checkpoint inPakistan’s northwest on Saturday, killing at least20 people, officials said. The checkpoint is near the Orakzai tribal region, Associated Press reported. The explosion wrecked a building housing troops and policenext to the checkpoint, said Farid Khan, a senior policeofficial in the nearby town of Hangu. At least 18 members of the security forces as well as twocivilians died, Khan said. More than a dozen other peoplewere wounded, including the local police chief, otherofficials said.--SPA www.spa.gov.sa/655722