Thursday, September 13, 2012

Four anti-Taliban militia members killed in Pakistan blast


ISLAMABAD: Four members of an anti-Taliban militia were killed when their vehicle was targeted by a roadside bomb in the restive Khyber tribal region of northwest Pakistan on Thursday.

An improvised explosive device planted by the road was detonated by remote control when the militia's vehicle was passing by in Tirah Valley near Landi Kotal town early this morning, officials said.

One man was killed instantly while three more died while being taken to hospital, the officials said.

The vehicle was destroyed in the blast. Security was beefed up in the area after the attack, for which no group claimed responsibility.

Several militant groups, including the Taliban and Lashkar-e-Islam, are active in the Khyber tribal agency.

from Times of India
Sep 13, 2012, 01.44PM IST

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