According to local officials, a rickshaw struck the security force’s vehicle in the Khajori area when a convoy of security forces was escorting the employees of the Marri Petroleum Company on its way from North Waziristan to Bannu.
Three security forces were martyred in the attack and 22 others, including 15 employees of the gas and oil company, sustained injuries, according to local sources.
Security personnel reached the area immediately after the earth-shattering kaboom and injured persons were airlifted to Bannu’s Combined Military Hospital for treatment.
The outlawed Tehrik-e-Taliban
...mindless ferocity in a turban...Pakistain (TTP) has claimed the responsibility for the attack and has said that the holy warrior groups will intensify their attacks across Pakistain until their demands are met.
TTP officially ended its unilateral ceasefire with the Pak government in November. Since then, the krazed killer group has multi-folded its attacks targeting police check posts, military personnel, Inter-Service Intelligent (ISI), and ordinary citizens.
Pak military and civil leaders have repeatedly emphasized to taking extra majors to fight the growing terrorism and militancy in the country, which has already resulted in the death and injury of thousands of people.
Meanwhile,
...back at the wrecked scow, Agent 49 felt gingerly for his head. It was still there. He had been hoping differently...
Pak officials scapegoat the Afghan Taliban for giving sanctuaries to their ideological twin TTP in Afghanistan. It is believed that Afghan Taliban are paying back the TTP their due for supporting the group in the fight against the American-backed Kabul regime for the past two decades, according to Pak officials.