Three soldiers killed in Pakistan suicide bombing
Officials in Pakistan say at least three soldiers have been
killed and nine more wounded in a suicide bombing, Radio Liberty
reported.
The attack occurred in northwestern Pakistan, near the Afghanistan
border.
Officials said a vehicle with two men inside drove to the gate of
an army base in Wana, the headquarters of the South Waziristan
tribal district.
Officials said the vehicle blew up after soldiers opened fire on it
and that it did not succeed in entering the camp.
In an earlier suicide attack in Wana on November 29, senior Taliban
leader Mullah Nazir was injured and six other people were
killed.
Pakistani government forces launched a large ground offensive
against Islamic militants in South Waziristan in 2009, but the
region still sees periodic attacks.