MIRAMSHAH: Two soldiers were injured after a roadside bomb planted by suspected militants exploded in Qutubkhel area of North Waziristan on Sunday. The administration imposed a curfew in the area after the blast.

Official sources said that soldiers were heading to a security post in Qutubkhel area, some 8km from Miramshah, when the remote-controlled bomb went off near them. The injured soldiers were taken to a military hospital in Miramshah.

Security personnel cordoned off the area and conducted a search operation. Gunship helicopters were also called in to help in the operation.

Meanwhile, a bullet-riddled body of an Afghan citizen was found near Amin checkpost in Miramshah on Sunday. The corpse was sent to Afghanistan.