Separately, a bombing killed a government employee in Pakistan's tribal region near Afghan border and five of his family.

The suicide bomber detonated his explosives in a procession of Shiite Muslims in Muzaffarabad, the capital of Pakistani-administered Kashmir.

"When the volunteers spotted the

A rash of militant assaults has swept across the country since government forces launched a major offensive in the Taliban stronghold of South Waziristan near the Afghan border in mid-October.

The midday strike in Multan was the fourth to hit Pakistan in the last 24 hours, as three bombings killed 59 people and wounded 225 on Monday in Lahore and Peshawar, the capitals of two provinces.

The assault in the South Waziristan region is a crucial test for the government that has vowed to defeat the militants and establish its authority in the lawless tribal badlands.

Nearly 30,000 soldiers backed by jet aircraft and artillery support are taking on an estimated 10,000 battle-hardened Taliban, including up to 1,500 al-Qaeda fighters, mostly Uzbeks.

Dera Ismail Khan, Pakistan_(dpa) _ Hazrat Gul dodged flying bullets, exploding rockets, landmines and most importantly thirst and hunger as he fled the military offensive in Pakistan's tribal district of South Waziristan with his family.

Gul covered half the distance to Dera Ismail Khan, the first major town outside lawless South Waziristan, on a truck and the rest on foot on muddy roads because traffic was not allowed to move along the road under an indefinite curfew imposed by troops.

The threat to his life is over now, but

Rescuers found two more bodies of policemen as they clawed through the rubble of a police station in the volatile Bannu district, where a suicide bomber blew up an explosive-laden pickup truck on Saturday morning.

"The confirmed casualty count as of Sunday stands at 14 - nine policemen and five civilians," police officer Talha Khan said.

Most of the victims died inside the building

The fighting erupted in the Jandola area of South Waziristan tribal district when dozens of militants loyal to local Taliban chief Baitullah Mehsud attacked followers of Turkistan Bittani, who allied with the government after defecting from the Taliban.

"It was a very well-organized attack

Cisarua, Indonesia_(dpa) _ Indonesia is steadily developing into a way-station for refugees from the Middle East waiting to migrate to a third country.

Afghan refugee Bashir Bahtiari, 45, has been stranded here just like his countrymen Habibullah, 29, and Ismail, 17, as well as Duraid, 44, and Dina, 32, from Iraq.

But all of them want to leave as soon as possible. "We would go anywhere," they all said.

They came to Indonesia directly or via Malaysia because these Muslim countries are among the very few that issue

The Foreign Ministry said it was making an additional 1 million euros (1.4 million dollars) available to relief organizations working with the refugees.

The funds will primarily be used to care fur internally displaced people who have been unable to find shelter in refugee camps, a statement said.

More than 2 million people have fled their homes as a result of fighting between the Pakistan army and Taliban

The latest deaths came as Pakistani Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani repeated his promise to clear the country of extremism and terrorism.

Pakistani jets on Sunday morning pounded suspected militant positions in Makeen Bazar and Shakar Kot villages of South Waziristan, a tribal district where the al-Qaeda terrorist network and the Islamist extremist Taliban have sanctuaries.