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Four soldiers killed in NWaziristan suicide bomb attack
MIRANSHAH (updated on: January 22, 2007, 14:32 PST): A suicide car bomber blew himself up close to a army convoy in a tribal zone bordering Afghanistan on Monday, killing four soldiers and wounding several others, officials said.
The convoy was travelling to Miranshah, the main town in North Waziristan region, from the nearby town of Bannu when the blast hit its lead vehicle, security officials said.
Authorities signed a peace deal with militants in North Waziristan last September. Foreign forces in Afghanistan say attacks in the neighbouring country have since risen.
"It is now confirmed that it was a suicide attack," a security official in Miranshah told AFP. Officials had said earlier that it was a remote-controlled roadside bomb.
"The vehicle used in the blast was totally destroyed," he said.
One military vehicle was destroyed and four soldiers were killed and up to 20 injured in the incident near the Khajoori check post, some 40 kilometres (25 miles) east of Miranshah, officials said on condition of anonymity.
Military spokesman Major General Shaukat Sultan also said it was an apparent suicide bombing, but said that three soldiers died and nine were injured, some critically.
"The incident took place at about 10:30 am (0530 GMT) on Bannu-Miranshah Road. A white colour car came and exploded near the convoy. It appears to be a suicide attack," Sultan said.
There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the blast.
Sultan added that it was too early to tell if the attack was linked to a Pakistani air strike in the Zamzola area of neighbouring South Waziristan region last Tuesday that destroyed a suspected al Qaeda hideout.
Military officials initially said up to 30 "foreign terrorists" and their local facilitators were believed killed in the raid, although local authorities later said they had found only nine bodies. Ten others were wounded, they said.
Residents, denying the presence of foreigners, claimed the strike killed local tribesmen and Afghan labourers. Some militants at a protest rally vowed to avenge the air strike.
On Sunday two policemen were wounded in a similar roadside blast near a police van in the town of Tank, abutting South Waziristan district.
brecorder.com
MIRANSHAH (updated on: January 22, 2007, 14:32 PST): A suicide car bomber blew himself up close to a army convoy in a tribal zone bordering Afghanistan on Monday, killing four soldiers and wounding several others, officials said.
The convoy was travelling to Miranshah, the main town in North Waziristan region, from the nearby town of Bannu when the blast hit its lead vehicle, security officials said.
Authorities signed a peace deal with militants in North Waziristan last September. Foreign forces in Afghanistan say attacks in the neighbouring country have since risen.
"It is now confirmed that it was a suicide attack," a security official in Miranshah told AFP. Officials had said earlier that it was a remote-controlled roadside bomb.
"The vehicle used in the blast was totally destroyed," he said.
One military vehicle was destroyed and four soldiers were killed and up to 20 injured in the incident near the Khajoori check post, some 40 kilometres (25 miles) east of Miranshah, officials said on condition of anonymity.
Military spokesman Major General Shaukat Sultan also said it was an apparent suicide bombing, but said that three soldiers died and nine were injured, some critically.
"The incident took place at about 10:30 am (0530 GMT) on Bannu-Miranshah Road. A white colour car came and exploded near the convoy. It appears to be a suicide attack," Sultan said.
There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the blast.
Sultan added that it was too early to tell if the attack was linked to a Pakistani air strike in the Zamzola area of neighbouring South Waziristan region last Tuesday that destroyed a suspected al Qaeda hideout.
Military officials initially said up to 30 "foreign terrorists" and their local facilitators were believed killed in the raid, although local authorities later said they had found only nine bodies. Ten others were wounded, they said.
Residents, denying the presence of foreigners, claimed the strike killed local tribesmen and Afghan labourers. Some militants at a protest rally vowed to avenge the air strike.
On Sunday two policemen were wounded in a similar roadside blast near a police van in the town of Tank, abutting South Waziristan district.
brecorder.com
