Pakistan, March 10, 2010: Gunmen have attacked the office of a Western aid agency in north-western Pakistan, killing six people, police and the agency say.

The victims, including two women, were all Pakistani nationals.

The attack took place on World Vision’s office in Mansehra district, 65km (40 miles), north of Islamabad.

No group has admitted carrying out the attack but Islamist militants and specifically the Taliban will be suspected, a source said.

Earlier in the week, following a bombing in Lahore, the Taliban said they would carry out more attacks across the country as long as US air strikes and Pakistani army operations against them continued in the tribal areas, a source reported.