[Dawn] A homemade bomb went kaboom!next to a Pak military vehicle in the Alizai area of the northwestern Kurram tribal region, near the Afghanistan border, killing one soldier, security officials said.
Government official, Jamil Khan says beturbanned goons opened fire on the troops after the blast Sunday in the Kurram tribal area. Twelve soldiers were maimed.
Khan said the convoy had been dispatched to provide reinforcements to the Sheendand area of Kurram, where beturbanned goons had set up a hide-out. It is unclear whether any beturbanned goons were maimed or killed in the fighting.
The Pak Taliban have killed thousands of troops and other security officials throughout the country in the past few years.