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| Three soldiers injured in Miranshah explosion |
| 2007-08-30 |
| At least three army personnel were injured when a remote-controlled bomb exploded in Datta Khel tehsil, around 50 kilometres west of Miranshah. The soldiers were carrying water to the Behramand army camp when the bomb went off. The injured were airlifted to the Combined Military Hospital (CMH), Bannu by helicopter. SANA adds: Militants also fired rockets on the Frontier Constabulary (FC) fort in Miranshah again on Wednesday, official sources said. They said that the miscreants fired two rockets on the paramilitary forcesÂ’ fort, but there were no casualties. The rockets landed and exploded in an uninhabited area near the camp, they said. The situation is North Waziristan has turned volatile after the announcement of local Taliban to scrap their peace deal with the government in July following the Lal Masjid operation. A number of attacks have since been made on paramilitary forcesÂ’ convoys and checkposts, in which a number of soldiers have been killed and injured. Security forces are also carrying intermittent operations against the militants to incapacitate them. One injured in Peshawar rocket attack: A man was injured when unidentified attackers fired a rocket on a vehicle in the Yakatoot police precinct early on Wednesday, police said. Yakatoot Police Station Duty Officer Syed Bacha told Daily Times that at around 5am, a rocket hit a bus leaving for Parachinar with 14 passengers on board. He said the attack partially damaged the vehicle and that a passenger named Israr Ali received minor injuries. Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Operations Muhammad Tahir told Daily Times that the rocket was fired from 30 to 40 yards from the bus. He said police had not arrested anybody yet, but were investigating the matter. |
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