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Deadly Explosion Rocks Pakistani Military Compound - New York Times


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Asia Pacific |Deadly Explosion Rocks Pakistani Military Compound



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PESHAWAR, Pakistan — A bomb exploded inside a vehicle at a Pakistani military compound in the country’s northwest on Sunday, killing at least 20 paramilitary personnel and wounding 30 more, a security official said.


A unit of the Frontier Corps was moving from the compound in Bannu to Razmak in the volatile North Waziristan tribal region when a bomb planted inside the vehicle exploded, the official said, requesting that he not be identified because he was not authorized to speak to the news media.


The official said a road curfew was in place on Sunday to secure the transportation of troops to and from the tribal region, where military convoys have been hit by roadside bombings and ambushes.


The troops, the official said, were to be ferried in an unmarked vehicle. “The vehicle was rented from a local bazaar. We have a shortage of vehicles,” the official said. “Most probably, the bomb was already planted inside the vehicle. The driver of the vehicle has also been killed.”


Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan, an umbrella organization representing Pakistani militant groups, has taken responsibility for the bombing.


A government official who also asked not to be identified said that paramilitary and other security forces routinely rented unmarked vehicles as a cover to hide the identity of the passengers.


There has been a spike in terrorist attacks after a brief lull following the death in a drone strike of a militant commander, Hakimullah Mehsud, in November. A security official said there had been 42 attacks this month in the northwestern province of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, including the Sunday bombing.


Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s government is seeking a peace dialogue with militant groups in the tribal region, but the Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan has resisted, saying it will not talk to a government subservient to the United States.













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