Gunmen ambushed a vehicle carrying government paramilitary forces in a restive Pakistani tribal region near the Afghan border on Thursday, killing two soldiers, officials said.<\/p>\n
The attack took place in Kamar village, around 40 kilometers (25 miles) northwest of Khar, the main town of Bajaur tribal region where Taliban and al-Qaida linked militants have carved out hideouts.<\/p>\n
“An FC vehicle was on a routine patrol when gunmen sitting along the roadside opened fire on it, killing two troops and wounding four others,” senior local administration official Sohail Ahmad Khan told Agence France Presse.<\/p>\n
The Frontier Corps or FC is a paramilitary force charged with maintaining law and order and its members are frequently attacked in Pakistan’s troubled northwest.<\/p>\n
Khan said the number of gunmen who attacked the vehicle was not clear.<\/p>\n
Another senior local administration official, Abdul Hafeez Khan, confirmed the incident and casualties and said security forces had launched a search operation in the area after the incident to “get to the culprits.\u201d<\/p>\n
Bajaur is one of the seven semi-autonomous tribal regions where the Pakistani military has been battling Taliban and al-Qaida linked militants for years.<\/p>\n
Washington considers these areas a major hub of rebels plotting attacks on the West and in Afghanistan.<\/p>\n
Tackling homegrown Islamist militancy is one of the major tasks for Pakistan’s new government, which was sworn in earlier last month after the elections.<\/p>\n
Source:Agence France Presse<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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