Indian train explosion kills at least 66

Two explosions on a train in India have killed at least 66.

Fire caused by the explosions swept through two carriages on the train, which was en route from India to Pakistan.

When the bombs were detonated the train was 80 km north of Delhi near the Indian town of Panipat.

The atrocity comes a day before Pakistan's foreign minister Khurshid Kasuri was due to meet for talks with Indian leaders in Delhi.

Mr Kasuri called the explosions a "horrendous act of terrorism" but joined the Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf in pledging that the peace talks would go ahead.

Mr Musharraf said: "Such wanton acts of terrorism will only serve to further strengthen our resolve to attain the mutually desire objective of sustainable peace between the two countries."

Islamabad added that most of the dead were Pakistanis and that the Indian authorities must mount a full investigation.

The explosions took place on the train service known as the "Friendship Express", which was restarted in 2004 as part of the peace process after a two year gap.