The explosion took place at Chashma Pul, two kilometres east of Miranshah PHOTO: FILE
The explosion took place at Chashma Pul, two kilometres east of Miranshah, the capital of North Waziristan tribal region, known as a bastion of Taliban and Al-Qaeda-linked rebels.
"An improvised explosive device planted along the roadside went off as a convoy of at least 35 army vehicles passed by it, killing one soldier and wounding three others," a local security official told AFP.
Another security official confirmed the incident and casualties.
He said security forces also defused two bombs planted at different locations in nearby Mir Ali town.
Homemade bombs are a main weapon of militants who attack government forces in Pakistan's northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province and the tribal districts bordering Afghanistan.
The seven semi-autonomous tribal areas are a haven for Islamist militants including the Taliban.
Washington considers these areas a major hub of Taliban and Al-Qaeda militants plotting attacks on the West and in Afghanistan.
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according to I.K. logic...no body killed them since nobody claimed the killing
Pakistan remains the source for bomb making material in the region - perhaps it's time to do something about that. I recall when the USA used to provide intel on where the bomb making factories were - even providing satellite images of the bomb makers fleeing the scene before the raid providing conclusive proof that Taliban sympathizers had given them advance warning on the raid. Maybe you should do something about eliminating the sympathizers as well.
Neighbors don't want peace in Pakistan...when they suffer point fingers at Pakistan, if Pakistanis suffer, they say its their wrong policy....don't worry jungle fire catches faster and hard to extinguish....
when will army retaliate for the killings. iran hanged 14 terrorists in retaliation for the killing of 16 security guards in taftan.this is how justice should be so that enemay has to think a thousand times before carrying out such terrorism.
Nawaz has sold out the blood of the martyrs to the leeches.
TTP is negotiating the only way it knows-with guns and murders.Must be eliminated now.
RAW is doing this............
Should we expect the intruders being dedclared as the Martyrs as well? The waziri territory belongs to the waziris who have no love for the foreign elements including those labelled as Al quaeda or the Pakistan military. This is their history and this is their culture!
Rex Minor
alas do not know how many will be killed in this insane war