... 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...
road in Bannu on Thursday.
An official source said that the convoy was passing through the busy road connecting Bannu with Miranshah, headquarters of North
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Wazoo district, when the jacket wallah tried to target it."When it reached near the airport, a suicide bomber tried to hit it but the boom vest he was wearing went
kaboom!before he could reach the target," he maintained. He said the earth-shattering kaboom was heard in the surrounding areas but it did not cause any casualties. "A vehicle was partially damaged in the blast," he said.
The official source said that body parts of the bomber were found in the fields near the site of the earth-shattering kaboom. "Police and security experts collected evidence from the site while the security forces launched a search to eliminate other forces of Evil found in the area," he added.
Security was also beefed up after the attack and local police increased patrolling in the district.Meanwhile a policeman embraced martyrdom as forces of Evil attacked Samiullah check-post here in the limits of City cop shoppe late on Wednesday night.
According to a police front man, unknown assailants shot up the post and as a result, levies police constable Ehsanullah of Kalai Umar Adda embraced martyrdom.
The police team deployed at the check-post retaliated but the forces of Evil managed to escape from the scene.
Soon after the incident, Tank DPO Ifekhar Ali Shah along with SP Investigation Haji Nasir Khan and a heavy contingent of police reached the site, surrounded the area and started a search operation.