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Islamabad: At least 14 Pakistani soldiers were killed and more than 25 other
were injured when a roadside bomb struck an army convoy in the country's
restive northwest.
The improvised explosive device struck the convoy in Dosali
village in the troubled North Waziristan tribal district, a notorious
stronghold of Taliban and Al Qaeda-linked militants, a senior military official
said.
All the soldiers killed were in one truck and those injured
were in vehicles behind it
All the soldiers killed were in one truck and those injured
were in vehicles behind it, the official said.
No further details were immediately available.
Twenty others were injured in the blast on January 13.
None of any outfit has yet claimed the responsibility for
the attack.
Notably, the attack came just a day after the Tehrik-e-Taliban
Pakistan (Pakistani Taliban) chief Hakimullah Mehsud reportedly directed his
militants not to target Pakistani troops in North Waziristan.