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Eight soldiers killed in Pakistan suicide attack: official
AFP - 1 hour 3 minutes ago
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AFP) - - At least eight soldiers were killed Sunday in a suicide attack on a security check post in a Pakistani tribal region bordering Afghanistan, officials said.
The bomber ploughed his explosive-laden vehicle into the check post, 20 kilometres (12 miles) west of Wana, the main town in South Waziristan, which has become a haven for Taliban and Al-Qaeda militants.
"The attacker came in a pick-up truck and exploded it, killing eight security officials in the check post," local administration official Mawaz Khan told AFP.
The post was completely destroyed in the attack, he added.
A military official also confirmed the bombing, which is the latest in a series of deadly attacks in Pakistan.
Chief military spokesman Major General Athar Abbas said the check post was near the area headquarters of the paramilitary Frontier Corps.
"The bomber in a truck hit his vehicle into the check post. Eight security officials were killed and two wounded," General Abbas told AFP.
The attack came after two missiles fired by a suspected US drone at a militant hideout near Wana killed 12 suspected rebels on Friday.
It was the second strike that evening. The first, in neighbouring North Waziristan, saw two missiles hit a pick-up truck and a house west of the town of Mir Ali, killing 20 mainly Arab militants, security officials said.
Among the dead was an Egyptian Al-Qaeda operative, Abu Jihad al-Masri, described by the United States as the terror network's propaganda chief. Washington had offered a one-million-dollar bounty for his death or capture.
The strikes were the latest in a series in the past three months that have raised tensions between Pakistan and the United States and have seen Islamabad register strong protests with US diplomats.
In response, about 250 schoolchildren held a protest march through Wana Saturday, calling for an end to "US aggression" and shouting "Death to America."
Pakistan has been hit by a wave of suicide bombings over the past year blamed on Taliban and Al-Qaeda militants based in the country's troubled frontier tribal regions.
Many have come after suspected US missile strikes or Pakistani military activity to target extremists.
On Friday, a suicide bomber blew himself up outside the house of a senior police official in the town of Mardan, between the major city of Peshawar and the troubled Swat valley. At least eight people were killed.
The previous day, Pakistani troops in the northwest of the country had killed five Taliban and captured an explosives expert known to have links with Afghan insurgents.
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