Two separate bomb attacks in Pakistan killed nine people, including three worshippers at a mosque and six soldiers traveling in a convoy, AP reports.
The first attack occurred in the tribal district of Orakzai, when a roadside improvised explosive device (IED) killed six soldiers.
“Frontier Corps troops were on a routine patrol in upper Orakzai when an IED blast took place in Yakh Kandaw,” the district’s political administrator, Abdul Qadir, told AFP.
“Six security officials died on the spot while three were injured. A search operation has been launched in the area to trace the militants.”
Orakzai is a region some 50 kilometers west of Peshawar, bordering on Afghanistan, where the Pakistani military is actively pursuing Taliban fighters driven from Waziristan.
This was the third such attack on military patrols in the region this week, according to AFP.
Several hours later, another bomb detonated in a mosque in a densely populated neighborhood in the city of Peshawar, killing three worshippers. The bomb exploded as worshippers exited the mosque after Friday prayers.
“A bomb blast took place at a mosque in the Pushta Khara area,” police official Mohammad Karim Khan told AFP.
The tribal regions along the border between Afghanistan and Pakistan are home to al Qaeda and Taliban terrorists escaping pressure from U.S. troops in Afghanistan, and Pakistani troops in the more settled regions of that country.
These terrorists use the tribal areas as training and launching grounds for attacks against NATO troops in Afghanistan.
The first attack occurred in the tribal district of Orakzai, when a roadside improvised explosive device (IED) killed six soldiers.
“Frontier Corps troops were on a routine patrol in upper Orakzai when an IED blast took place in Yakh Kandaw,” the district’s political administrator, Abdul Qadir, told AFP.
“Six security officials died on the spot while three were injured. A search operation has been launched in the area to trace the militants.”
Orakzai is a region some 50 kilometers west of Peshawar, bordering on Afghanistan, where the Pakistani military is actively pursuing Taliban fighters driven from Waziristan.
This was the third such attack on military patrols in the region this week, according to AFP.
Several hours later, another bomb detonated in a mosque in a densely populated neighborhood in the city of Peshawar, killing three worshippers. The bomb exploded as worshippers exited the mosque after Friday prayers.
“A bomb blast took place at a mosque in the Pushta Khara area,” police official Mohammad Karim Khan told AFP.
The tribal regions along the border between Afghanistan and Pakistan are home to al Qaeda and Taliban terrorists escaping pressure from U.S. troops in Afghanistan, and Pakistani troops in the more settled regions of that country.
These terrorists use the tribal areas as training and launching grounds for attacks against NATO troops in Afghanistan.
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