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<b>Bomb rocks international airport in north west Pakistan</b><!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->A bomb exploded at an international airport in northwest Pakistan on Saturday causing slight damage to the building, officials said.

It was a low intensity timed device planted outside a cafe near the entrance to the departure lounge at<b> Peshawar International Airport</b>, area police officer Iftikhar Khan said.

Peshawar is the capital of North West Frontier Province bordering Afghanistan.

"There were two international flights taking off for the Middle East and the bomb explosion caused slight damage and panic among the visitors," Khan said, adding that an inquiry has been ordered how the explosive was smuggled into the airport.

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