At least ten soldiers killed in Pakistan clashes

From Wikinews, the free news source you can write!
Jump to: navigation, search

Thursday, November 12, 2009

Pakistan
Other stories from Pakistan
...More articles here
Location of Pakistan

A map showing the location of Pakistan

To write, edit, start or view other articles on Pakistan, see the Pakistan Portal
Flag of Pakistan.svg

At least ten Pakistani soldiers have been killed in two incidents near the border with Afghanistan, the country's military said on Wednesday.

Pakistani officials reported that at least eight paramilitary soldiers died in a landmine explosion in the northwestern Mohmand tribal region. Separately, authorities said two soldiers were killed in clashes with militants in the same region, and at least eight soldiers are missing. Officials added ten suspected militants were killed after military attack helicopters shelled their hideouts.

The incidents took place a day after a suicide bomber rammed his explosives-laden car into a crowded market in northwestern Pakistan, killing about 30 people and wounding dozens. This comes as Pakistani armed forces are continuing an offensive against Taliban members in the South Waziristan region of the country.


Sources [edit]

Bookmark-new.svg

Share this:  E-mail this story Share on Facebook Share on Digg.com Share on delicious Share on reddit.com Share on stumbleupon.com Share on LinkedIn.com Share on Google+ Share on identi.ca Share on twitter.com Seed on Newsvine


Padlock-silver-medium.svg This page is archived, and is no longer publicly editable.
Articles presented on Wikinews reflect the specific time at which they were written and published, and do not attempt to encompass events or knowledge which occur or become known after their publication.

Got a correction? Add the template {{editprotected}} to the talk page along with your corrections, and it will be brought to the attention of the administrators.

Please note that due to our archival policy, we will not alter or update the content of articles that are archived, but will only accept requests to make grammatical and formatting corrections.

Note that some listed sources or external links may no longer be available online due to age.
Retrieved from "http://en.wikinews.org/w/index.php?title=At_least_ten_soldiers_killed_in_Pakistan_clashes&oldid=913765"