By Neville Lazarus, Sky News Producer In New Delhi
At least 55 people have been killed and dozens injured in a suicide bombing at a border crossing between India and Pakistan.
Jundullah, a militant group affiliated to al Qaeda and the Pakistan Taliban, has said it was responsible for the attack.
The blast came as people were leaving a daily ceremony to close the Wagah border gate near the eastern city of Lahore.
"I was sitting in my office near the border when I heard the blast," a Pakistani intelligence source told Reuters.
"I rushed to the scene and saw scattered bodies, injured men, women and children and smashed cars."
Lahore police chief Amin Wains confirmed it was a suicide attack.
"People were returning after watching the parade at Wagah border when the blast took place. Ball bearings were found at the scene," he said.
Huge crowds gather on both sides at Wagah at sunset to watch the display of military pageantry that accompanies the formal closing of the border post.
Being a holiday the crowd at Sunday's function was even larger than usual.
Pakistan has been wracked by a Taliban insurgency that has killed thousands of people in recent years.
But attacks have tailed off since the army launched a major offensive in the North Waziristan tribal area in June.
More than 1,100 militants and 100 soldiers have been killed since the start of the operation and more than 100 militants have surrendered, according to the military.
The government wants to complete the offensive by the end of this year to coincide with the pull-out of western forces from Afghanistan.
Judullah says it carried out the Wagah attack in retaliation to the operation.
Wagah is the main land crossing between India and Pakistan, and much of their trade passes through it.
The two countries have been at odds since independence from Britain in 1947, fighting three full wars, two of them over the disputed Himalayan territory of Kashmir.
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