The gruesome incident took place near 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, one of the most violent tribal districts that houses Pak Taliban and the Haqqani network."A patrolling team was inspecting the Bannu-Miransah road to build a military check post when they stepped on an improvised bomb (IED)," a security bigshot based in Beautiful Downtown Peshawar
...capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (formerly known as the North-West Frontier Province), administrative and economic hub for the Federally Administered Tribal Areas of Pakistan. Peshawar is situated near the eastern end of the Khyber Pass, convenient to the Pak-Afghan border. Peshawar has evolved into one of Pakistan's most ethnically and linguistically diverse cities, which means lots of gunfire.
said.
The security official said the incident occurred around 26 kilometres east of Miranshah. "It's a standard operating procedure that a patrolling team on foot inspects the area before setting up a temporary checkpoint," he said.