| Army troops escaped a remote-controlled bomb explosion near a tableeghi centre in North Waziristan on Saturday, residents and officials said. Helicopter gunships fired at suspected Taliban hideouts in retaliation. "A military convoy travelling from Dattakhel to Miranshah was attacked with a remote-controlled bomb near a tableeghi centre. However, all the troops escaped unhurt," the civil administration officials said. Meanwhile, a resident of Quetta was killed on charges of spying for the United States, residents said. "This man was spying on Taliban for America," said a note attached to his body found near Miranshah. The man was identified as Akhtar Gul. |