The kaboom took place at Chashma Pul, two kilometres east of Miranshah
... headquarters of al-Qaeda in Pakistain and likely location of Ayman al-Zawahiri. The Haqqani network has established a
ministatein centered on the town with courts, tax offices and lots of madrassas...
, the capital of North
Wazoo tribal region, known as a bastion of Taliban and Al-Qaeda-linked rebels."An improvised bomb planted along the roadside went off as a convoy of at least 35 army vehicles passed by it, killing one soldier and wounding three others," a local security official told AFP.
Another security official confirmed the incident and casualties.
He said security forces also defused two bombs planted at different locations in nearby Mir Ali town.