Eight soldiers have been killed in a suicide attack on a military convoy in north-western Pakistan, the army says. Fifteen others were hurt when the attacker struck the convoy near the village of Daznary, North Waziristan, with an explosives-laden vehicle.
wonder how many mullah lovers will condemn this attack.
more importantly this fight was not started by pakistani army. anyone thinks that pakistani army should take this battle lying down is a ghuddar and worthy of contempt.
BBC reporting death toll at 18 soldiers killed by terrorists.
May god bless them and their families.
They are reporting death toll of 8 not 18.
God bless the souls of these martyrs, who were defending our country from extremismts and terrorists, who will be defeated in every corner of Pakistan eventually.
**Fazlur Rahman, some federal ministers’ security beefed up **
Updated at 1345 PST
ISLAMABAD: Following the tip-off relating to the preparation of a hit list by the Taliban, the security of Maulana Fazlur Rahman, Federal Ministers Aftab Shepao, Ijazul Huque, Mohammad Ali Durrani, Tarique Azeem and some officers of the security forces has been beefed up. The sensitive agencies have come to know that the Pakistani and Afghan Taliban have prepared a hit list comprising of the names of leader of the opposition, Maulana Fazlur Rahman, Federal Ministers Mohammad Ali Durrani, Aftab Ahmad Khan Sherpao, Ijazul Huque, Tarique Azeem and some officers of the security services. Prior to Lal Masjid and Jamia Hafsa incident, the security of the federal interior minister including some other ministers has been made stringent, however after the latest information, the security arrangements for the federal ministers, whose names exist in the hit list, has been further strengthened. It is said that Maulana Fazlur Rahman and all other concerned persons have been advised to remain careful. Sources told that the terrorists have assigned the responsibility to the suicide bombers for targeting the said high-profile personalities. Sources told that the highly trained assailants have been strictly warned that they should not miss the target. Sources further said that some women and children were also included among the suicide bombers, among whom the permits to paradise have also been distributed.
"Although there is no new deployment to Waziristan, **militants there say the government has broken peace agreements by setting up checkpoints. **Militant commander Abdullah Farhad told the Agence France-Presse news agency there could be "guerrilla war" if all checkpoints were not removed by Sunday. "
How come Abdullahs (from UK to Wazirastan) these days are turning into mad suiciders? They are all just itching to burn themselves up, blow themselves up and you name it. May be this their way to reach hell asap.