It is horrible to see seven of our fine soldiers lose their life thanks to a mad-talibanic-suicider. From now on, every suicide bomber’s family should be butchered and sent to hell along with the bomber. This is a must to tell these beardos that it is not kosher to kill our soldiers. Damn talibans are behaving like their Arab master, so they should be treated like Arabs as well.
We should also get the 7 soldiers medals of bravery in defense of our country. Their kids should get free education, and their parents the top notch healthcare. May All bless these soldiers who gave lives so the rest of us could live in peace. Amin!!
‘Suicide attack’ on Pakistan army
** A suicide car bomber has killed at least six soldiers in Pakistan’s North Waziristan district, officials say. ** At least two others were wounded when the bomber rammed his car into a checkpoint near the town of Miranshah, officials told news agencies.
The blast comes a day after tribal militants in the area declared a month-long truce with security forces.
The BBC’s Zaffar Abbas says such bombings in the Waziristan region are a major new challenge for authorities.
It is second suicide attack in the area this month. Dozens of militants and troops have been killed in the area this year.
Tens of thousands of Pakistani security forces are battling Taleban and al-Qaeda supporters in the country’s restive tribal belt along its border with Afghanistan.
** Roads closed **
“We can confirm at the moment that a car packed with explosives rammed a check post on the Bannu-Miranshah road,” a government official told Reuters news agency.
Officials say the explosives-laden vehicle detonated about six kilometres (four miles) east of Miranshah, the main town in the North Waziristan region.
Paramilitary soldiers at the checkpoint ordered the car to stop, and as it did so it exploded, an official said.
"The bomber's body was also blown to pieces," an official said.
The authorities say it is unclear who is behind the attack, but a spokesman for local pro-Taleban militants, Abdullah Farhad, told the BBC his group was not responsible.
He blamed elements within the government for the attack and denied that the militants were divided on the truce.
Correspondents say all roads in the area were closed off after the attack.
The bombing came hours after Pakistani authorities gave a positive response to a one-month truce offered by pro-Taleban militants in the Waziristan area.
The militants want a withdrawal of army troops from the region within a month, and the removal of all new checkpoints from North Waziristan, Mr Farhad told the BBC.
He also demanded the restoration of salaries and jobs and other incentives for local tribes, and the release of tribesmen arrested during military operations against al-Qaeda and Taleban fighters in the region.
The governor of North Western Frontier Province, Ali Mohammad Jan Aurakzai, said a decision on the conditions would be taken in talks with the militants.
He promised to reciprocate with a goodwill gesture, but did not elaborate.
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