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Soldier killed, five wounded in Kalam IED blasts
[DAWN] Two powerful roadside blasts, caused by as many improvised bombs (IEDs), rocked the Kalam valley on Friday, killing a soldier and wounding five others.Government sources said that one IED went kaboom!when an army vehicle reached the Bahan area of Kalam tehsil at around 2pm. A soldier, identified as Arif, was killed, while two others were maimed. Earlier, a roadside IED went kaboom!at about 11am when a vehicle was passing through the same area. Three people -- Ghagra tehsil nazim ...small time big shot, the chief elected official of a local government in Pakistan, such as a district, tehsil, union council, or village council... Syed Salar Jehan and his two relatives Syed Imad Jehan and Shehzad Niazi -- were maimed in the kaboom. They were taken to hospital. The sources said that it was not clear whether the nazim was the target of the IED. Meanwhile, ...back at the laboratory the smoke and fumes had dispersed, to reveal an ominous sight... Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa ... formerly NWFP, still Terrorism Central... Governor Iqbal Zafar Jhagra condemned the attack on security forces and expressed his shock and sorrow over the loss of the precious life. In a statement, the governor expressed sympathies with members of the bereaved family and the injured and termed the attack a cowardly act of terror. Posted by: Fred 2016-07-24 |
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