Four people including a Frontier Corps (FC) soldier and two civilians were killed when a suicide bomber attacked a security checkpost in North Waziristan on Friday hours after a 45-member jirga began talks with pro-Taliban militant leaders to resurrect a peace deal and stem spiraling violence.The security checkpost at Boya, 25 kilometres west of Miranshah, was attacked at 11am. “The jirga members are holding talks with the local elders and clerics and then they will negotiate with the Taliban commanders,” a jirga member told Daily Times about the developments taking place in Miranshah. The jirga is likely to return to Peshawar on Saturday.
Agencies add: A spokesman for pro-Taliban militants, Abdul Hayee Ghazi, told Reuters: “One of our comrades carried out this suicide bombing as others did in the last few days. We will not stop such attacks.” As the tribal elders were meeting with militant leaders, security forces backed by a helicopter raided an alleged militant hideout, a security official told AP.
Meanwhile, suspected militants destroyed three checkposts of the Khasadar Force in two areas – Ghulam Khan and Miranshah Bazaar, NNI reported. Meanwhile, suspected Taliban militants set ablaze seven music shops in the Razmak Adda area in Miranshah late on Thursday night, destroying the whole market.