10 August 2016

News Story: Roadside bomb attack kills two Pakistani soldiers

ISLAMABAD, Aug. 9 (Xinhua) -- A roadside bomb blast killed at least two Pakistan security personnel in the Bajaur tribal region on Tuesday, the military said.

The outlawed Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan claimed responsibility.

"Two soldiers Mushtaq and Khurshid embraced shahdat (martyrdom) in an Improvised Explosive Device attack in Bajaur today,"the army's Inter-Services Public Relations said.

Taliban spokesman Muhammad Khorasani said the group carried out the attack through a planted device.

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