The attack came in the Mir Ali area 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 main town in the North
Wazoo tribal region. Ansarul Mujahideen, a little-known bully boy group linked to the Tehrik Taliban Pakistain faction claimed the responsibility hours after the attack. "It is Dire Revenge™ for the killing of Hakimullah Mehsud by a US drone," Abu Baseer, a purported front man of the group told AFP by telephone. "We will continue such attacks in future as drones continue to kill our people," he said.A security bigshot told AFP that "a truck laden with explosives was rammed into the checkpoint when security officials were offering evening prayers". As a result, "five soldiers embraced shahadat (martyrdom)", the official said. "The checkpoint has been completely destroyed and 34 injured security personnel have also been recovered," he said, revising an earlier toll of 4 people dead and 25 injured.