wounds 30 in northwestern Pakistan PESHAWAR, Oct 25, SPA -- A suspected suicide bomberattacked a truck carrying troops in northwestern Pakistanon Thursday, killing at least 18 people and wounding 30,some seriously, AP quoted the police sources as saying. The blast happened in Mingora, the main town of Swatdistrict where 2,500 paramilitary troops were deployed thisweek to fight supporters of a militant cleric. It set offan explosion of ammunition carried inside a military truck,triggering bullet fire. Amjad Khan, a police officer dispatched to the hospitalwhere the casualties were taken, said a suicide bomberkilled at least 18 people and wounded 30. Most of thecasualties were soldiers, but some bystanders were alsohit.--SPA www.spa.gov.sa/493371