A roadside bomb killed at least three soldiers and wounded three others on Monday in the Waziristan tribal area bordering Afghanistan, security officials said.
The soldiers were on patrol in the hamlet of Ladha in South Waziristan, clearing the route and checking for mines ahead of a military convoy when an improvised explosive device (IED) exploded.
“Three soldiers embraced martyrdom and three others were wounded,” a senior security official told AFP.
Another security official confirmed the blast and casualties.
Once notorious as a bastion of Tehreek-e-Taliban and Uzbek fighters, Ladha was reduced to a shell of damaged buildings, piles of rubble and a ruined paramilitary fort after the military launched an operation in 2009.
