US EditionTwo soldiers, five militants killed in Bannu, Pakistan army says
An intelligence-based operation in Bannu killed five militants and two soldiers, reflecting a surge in attacks after the banned Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan ended a ceasefire, officials said.
- A suicide bomber rammed an explosives-laden vehicle into a security convoy in northwest Pakistan bordering Afghanistan on Saturday, killing two soldiers, including a lieutenant colonel.
- Pakistan's military said it would not exercise any restraint and operations against those responsible for the violence would continue irrespective of their location, signaling rising tensions between Islamabad and Kabul.
- No group claimed responsibility, but suspicion is likely to fall on the Pakistani Taliban who have been blamed for previous such attacks.
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Pakistani army officer among two killed in bombing
A suicide bomber rammed an explosives-laden vehicle into a security convoy in northwest Pakistan bordering Afghanistan on Saturday, killing two soldiers, including a lieutenant colonel, the Pakistani military said. It said the attack took place in Bannu, a district in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province where security forces have battled militants for years. The military said Pakistan would not “exercise any restraint” and that operations against those …
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Suicide bombing kills 2 Pakistani soldiers, including lieutenant colonel in restive northwest
Pakistan's military says a suicide bomber has rammed an explosives-laden vehicle into a security convoy in northwest Pakistan bordering Afghanistan, killing two soldiers, including a lieutenant colonel.
2 soldiers killed during military op. in Pakistan’s northwest
TEHRAN, Feb. 21 (MNA) – Two soldiers, including a lieutenant colonel, have been killed during a military operation when a fighter driving an explosive-laden motorcycle rammed a security convoy vehicle in Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) province.
Pakistan: 2 soldiers killed, 5 TTP militants neutralised in in suicide attack during operation in KPK, says army
Two Pakistani soldiers were killed and five militants neutralised in a suicide attack during an intelligence-based operation in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Bannu district on Saturday, the military said. Authorities said a vehicle-borne suicide bomber was intercepted, preventing an attack on civilians and security forces.
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