MIRAMSHAH, Feb 17: Four soldiers were wounded in a bomb explosion in North Waziristan on Sunday, officials said.

The remote-controlled bomb was planted on a road leading to Razmak Town and it went off when an army convoy was passing through the area.

Injured soldiers were taken to combined military hospital in Bannu.

While clearing the area security personnel found an improvised explosive device on the road and defused it.

A curfew was imposed in the area. Helicopter gunships were seen flying over the region after the incident.

Our Correspondent in Orakzai Agency adds: Ten militants were killed when planes pounded their hideouts in Mamozai area on Sunday.

According to officials, four hide outs came under attack in Jandari Kali and Mikalam Khel villages of Mamozai in the upper subdivision of Orakzai.

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