At least 20 Pakistani soldiers were martyred on Sunday when an explosion hit an army convoy in the north-western town Bannu, intelligence and military sources said.
More than 30 others were wounded in the attack on the convoy as it prepared to leave the town at the gateway to North Waziristan, a lawless, tribal region on the Afghan border where many militant groups are holed up.
“It’s not clear if it was a suicide attack or an improvised explosive device,” said one military official, adding that the soldiers had been travelling in a civilian vehicle hired to carry them to Razmak in North Waziristan.
Intelligence sources say that the explosion occurred in one of the private coaches hired for the movement towards Miramshah.
Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) claimed responsibility for the blast. The group had earlier vowed to step up attacks on security forces after electing a new hardline leader, Mullah Fazlullah, at the end of last year.
“With the help of God we claim responsibility for this. The army is our enemy. We will carry out many more attacks like this again,” Pakistani Taliban spokesman, Shahidullah Shahid, said in a telephone call from an undisclosed location.
The security forces had cordoned off the area to investigate.
Federal Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan condemned the incident and sought a report from the Inspector General of Frontier Corps with the details related to renting private vehicles for transportation.
Plz awake Pak army.our politicians are sleeping.their busines and bank balance is in abroad.Pak army come to rescue of people of Pakistanwe condemn incident.They are anti Muslim .these TTp is working for gaining the $ from RAW ,CIA.and Mosad..their only aim to destablize Pakistan.May Allah save Pakistan
Ttp for heaven's sake. Stop this brutality. You can never come in power in pak.wait and see pak army pak nation will throw you in the sea
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The politicians haven't the courage to give the army a free hand to tackle the enemies of the state. Sooner or later the morale in the army is going to fall with disastrous consequences. It appears the TTP are in the driving seat and the Govt. is doing the catching up. The country is crying both for brain and muscle power but sadly both are lacking.
True Islam…..can never ever be peaceful…
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