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3 soldiers killed in blast near Tank

Staff Report

TANK: A remote control bomb killed three soldiers and injured seven on Saturday, a senior official said.

Tank District Coordination Officer Syed Mohsin Shah told Daily Times a military convoy was headed to Wana when a remote control bomb went off at around 7:00am at a diversion near an under-construction bridge on the Tank-Wana road, killing the three soldiers.

However, military spokesman Maj-Gen Waheed Arshad said two soldiers were killed in the blast. A security official said pro-Taliban militants appeared to be behind the attack. Security forces and militants have battled intermittently in Tank this year, evidence, some say, of the growing influence of the Taliban in NWFP.

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