Nine Pakistan soldiers killed by suspected Taliban bomb
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May 08, 2014 - 12:00 am GMT+3
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May 08, 2014 12:00 am
PESHAWAR, Pakistan — A bomb planted by suspected Taliban insurgents ripped through a truck carrying troops in Pakistan's tribal region on Thursday, killing nine soldiers and wounding more than a dozen, officials said, with the death toll expected to rise.
The daylight attack, one of the biggest on Pakistani security forces in months, deals a major blow to the army at a time when Pakistan is already under strong U.S. pressure to do more to contain the insurgency on its western frontier.
The army said the bomb was planted in a truck carrying soldiers of the paramilitary Frontier Corps. It exploded as it was moving along the Afghan border where many al Qaeda-linked militant groups are holed up.
Earlier on Thursday, nine militants were killed and 15 wounded in fighting between two feuding factions. On Tuesday, twelve militants were killed in in-fighting.
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