Five soldiers wounded in Waziristan

Published November 22, 2005

MIRAMSHAH, Nov 21: Three bombs exploded in Mirali Bazaar of the North Waziristan Agency on Monday, wounding five soldiers of the Frontier Corps, officials said. The three powerful blasts, going off one after the other, rocked the town about 30km east of Miramshah, the headquarters of the volatile agency.

An official said that the first remote-controlled bomb went off at 8.45am near the FC checkpoint along the Khaisaro Road in Mirali. The second device exploded at the Mirali Chowk without causing any casualty.

The third bomb planted near a petrol pump went off at about 11am which wounded five soldiers of the FC. The wounded soldiers belong to the Khyber Rifles.

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