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India-Pakistan
Blast kills five in Pakistan, Taliban claims responsibility
2017-09-18
[IOL.CO.ZA] The bully boy Pak Taliban
...the Pashtun equivalent of men...
group said it carried out an attack on Sunday that killed five people in the tribal areas bordering Afghanistan.

Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistain (TTP) spokesperson Mohammad Khurassani said the turbans planted an improvised bomb "to target security personnel" in the Bajaur Agency, aka Turban Central
...Smallest of the agencies in FATA. The Agency administration is located in Khar. Bajaur is inhabited almost exclusively by Tarkani Pashtuns, which are divided into multiple bickering subtribes. Its 52 km border border with Afghanistan's Kunar Province makes it of strategic importance to Pakistain's strategic depth...
area that is part of the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA).

The blast struck a vehicle in the Mamund area of Bajaur, killing four security personnel and an official from the civilian administration, local government sources said.

Bajaur is one of the Pashtun tribal regions near the Afghan border. Security in the region has improved in recent years after the Pak military mounted offensives there against the al Qaeda-linked Pak Taliban, which is considered the country's biggest security threat.
Posted by:Fred

#2  "When Feral Pets Attack".
Posted by: Pappy   2017-09-18 10:12  

#1  Full moon approaching.
Posted by: 3dc   2017-09-18 00:13  

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