The Defense Department is closely monitoring the situation in Pakistan, following a series of terrorist attacks there that have killed or injured scores of innocent people, a senior Pentagon spokesman said here Friday. Responding to a reporters query, Bryan Whitman said he could not provide an analysis of the attacks in Pakistan at this time. However, he said, senior U.S. officials are alert to the recent violence in Pakistan and 'are watching the situation closely. Such terrorist violence is troublesome and tragic because innocent civilians are dying, he said, according to Pentagon Press service. Meanwhile, Pakistans government remains resolved to fight and defeat the terrorists, Whitman said, adding that Pentagon officials are 'encouraged by their efforts. The latest attack occurred Friday when a suicide car bomber attacked a police station in the Pakistani city of Peshawar, according to news reports. The explosion reportedly killed 13 people, including three police, a woman and a child, and injured 10 other people. On Thursday, militants attacked three Pakistani security agency buildings, including the Federal Investigation Agency headquarters and two police training centers, in Lahore. A suicide car bomber also struck in the northwestern city of Kohat, and there was a reported bombing in Quetta in the southwest of the country. News reports cited at least 30 Pakistani police and civilian deaths as a result of yesterdays attacks. The Pakistani Taliban reportedly took responsibility for Thursdays attacks on the Federal Investigation Agency and police training centers in Lahore. The U.S. State Department expressed solidarity with Pakistan on Thursday, pledged continued support for the country. The U.S. Embassy in Islamabad issued the condemnation of the attacks as President Barack Obama signed a law that provides $7.5 billion in nonmilitary aid to Pakistan over the next five years. The funds are part of a comprehensive plan that recognizes the importance of confronting the root causes of extremism as well as extremists themselves. The new law will provide $1.5 billion each year from 2010 to 2014 for schools, hospitals, roads, agricultural aid, roadwork and other development projects. 'This act formalizes that partnership, based on a shared commitment to improving the living conditions of the people of Pakistan through sustainable economic development, strengthening democracy and the rule of law, and combating the extremism that threatens Pakistan and the United States, White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs said Thursday. On Oct 12, at least 41 people were reportedly killed and 45 were wounded in a blast at a security checkpoint in northwest Pakistans Swat Valley region. An Oct. 11 attack on Pakistans army headquarters in Rawalpindi outside Islamabad reportedly killed 11 Pakistani troops and three civilians. Nine terrorists were reportedly killed. Navy Admiral Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, called Pakistan Army chief Gen. Ashfaq Parvez Kayani following the Rawalpindi attack to express personal condolences for those killed, while emphasizing continued U.S. support, according to Pentagon Press service.