MIRAMSHAH, March 24: A paramilitary soldier was injured and a vehicle was partially damaged in two roadside bomb explosions in the Frontier Region Bannu on Saturday morning, officials said.

They said that a bomb exploded near Tangai Bridge in which one soldier was in-jured. He was identified as Lance Naik Mukhtiar. The force was deployed ahead of a movement of an army convoy.

A paramilitary truck hit an explosive device on the main road near Khwaja Kher Check post in Gurbaz area. The vehicle was partially damaged while soldiers remained unhurt.

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