North Waziristan blast kills 14 security personnel

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LANDI KOTAL: A remotely detonated bomb targeting a security forces' vehicle killed 14 personnel and injured 25 others on Miramshah road in North Waziristan's Razmak area on Sunday, intelligence sources told Dawn.com.

Military sources confirmed that 14 personnel were killed and 25 others were injured in the attack.

The injured were shifted to the Combined Military Hospital (CMH) Peshawar.

In another incident, a clash occurred between militants and Aman Lashkar personnel in Akakhel area of Khyber tribal regions Bara district on Sunday. Two militants were killed in the clash whereas one personnel of the Aman Lashkar was injured, according to local political administration sources.

Moreover, one person was killed in another explosion in Zakakhel market of Khyber tribal region's Landi Kotal area on Sunday.

Further details were not available till the filing of this report.

Meanwhile, miscreants ransacked a Government Girls school in Jhansi area of Sipah near Khyber tribal regions' Juma Khan Kallay area and took away furniture and fittings from the premises. The structure of the building remained unharmed in the incident.

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