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2 Pakistani soldiers killed in South Waziristan
Three persons including two army men were killed and two others seriously injured when a landmine they were trying to defuse exploded at Jag Zhawara in Shakai Valley of South Waziristan Agency on Monday. The tribesmen called the army personnel after they saw a landmine planted by saboteurs on a kutcha road around five kilometres from Shakai area. The security officials along with Political Moharar Aslam and a tribesman Amir Rehman rushed to the site. The landmine exploded when the personnel of armed forces were busy defusing it. Two army men along with a tribesman Amir Rehman were killed in the incident while another tribesman Aslam and a jawan of the Pakistan armed forces sustained serious injuries. Soon after the incident. Both civil and military high-ups rushed to the site and supervised the rescue operation. The injured were taken to hospitals in Wana.
Posted by: Dan Darling 2004-09-07 |
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