Roadside bombing: Three soldiers killed in Kurram Agency

PESHAWAR:

Three soldiers were killed on Saturday after a bomb planted on a roadside exploded in a tribal area, security officials said.

The blast took place at Katasarai village in restive Kurram Agency where army and paramilitary forces have launched an operation against Taliban militants.

“Three security personnel including a lieutenant have embraced martyrdom and one other was wounded in an IED (improvised explosive device) blast,” a senior security official told AFP.  

Published in The Express Tribune, December 18^th, 2011.