The Pakistani Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack which happened as troops were patrolling in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province bordering Afghanistan
This translation has been automatically generated and has not been verified for accuracy.A powerful roadside bomb on Thursday targeted a military vehicle in northwestern Pakistan, a former militant stronghold, killing three soldiers and wounding four, the Pakistani military said. The Pakistani Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack, raising fears they were regrouping in the region.
Mohammad Khurasani, a spokesman for the Pakistani Taliban, claimed responsibility for the attack, which he said was launched in South Waziristan. Two Pakistani intelligence officials, speaking to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to talk to reporters, also said the attack happened in South Waziristan.The conflicting reports on the location of the attack could not immediately be reconciled.
The Pakistani Taliban have been targeting the military and civilians across the country since 2001, when this Islamic nation joined the U.S.-led war on terror following the Sept. 11 attacks in the United States. Since then, the insurgents have declared war on the government of Pakistan and have carried out numerous attacks, including a brutal assault on an army-run school in the city of Peshawar in 2014 that killed 140 children and several teachers.
The incident erupted when Afghan soldiers tried to stop Pakistani border troops from doing construction work to expand an installation that the Afghans see as encroaching on their territory, said Attaullah Khogywni, the spokesman of the governor of Nangarhar province.There was no comment from Pakistani officials and Khogywni said the situation was later defused.
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