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Suicide attack on check post leaves six dead in North Waziristan
[Dawn] At least six security officials were killed and 18 others injured Saturday in a suicide kaboom on a check post 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 agency headquarters of North  Wazoo Agency, official sources said.The officials said the suspected jacket wallah, driving a car, hit the Esha check post, damaging it completely. The suicide boom-mobileing resulted in the death of at least six soldiers while 18 others have been injured but the number of casualties may be high as the officials are saying that the situation is being assessed. The security forces have cordoned off the area soon after the attack and launched a search operation. The locals say the kaboom was followed by indiscriminate firing. However, facts are stubborn; statistics are more pliable... it was not possible to ascertain who was behind firing the shots, they added. Posted by: Fred 2013-03-24 |
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