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Troops killed in Pakistan attack Pakistan troops die in new attack
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A suicide car bomber has attacked an army convoy in north-western Pakistan, killing at least 10 soldiers, local police say. At least 10 Pakistani soldiers have been killed by militants in the country's north-west, the second deadly attack in as many days.
They say some 40 troops were injured in the attack in the mountainous area of Swat in the North West Frontier region. The attacks follow a week-long army siege of radicals in the Red Mosque in Islamabad that left 102 people dead and sparked fears of militant reprisals.
The attack came a day after a suicide bomber killed 24 soldiers in the neighbouring North Waziristan region. Sunday's attack on a convoy in the Swat area of North West Frontier Province involved bomb blasts and gunfire.
An army spokesman said Saturday's attack could be linked to the storming of Islamabad's Red Mosque this week. On Saturday, a suicide bomber killed 24 soldiers in nearby North Waziristan.
The week-long siege in Pakistan's capital left 102 people dead, including 11 soldiers and an as yet unknown number of extremists and their hostages. Musharraf pledge
Another 40 troops were injured in Sunday's attack near the town of Matta, local police said.
The area is well-known as a stronghold of pro-Taleban militants, the said.
An intelligence official told Reuters news agency: "The death toll could go higher."
He said: "It appeared to be an ambush. There were three blasts of improvised explosive devices, followed by an exchange of fire."
There are fears the attacks could be linked to the storming of the Red Mosque.
The 102 dead there included 11 soldiers and an as yet unknown number of extremists and their hostages.
RED MOSQUE STAND-OFF 3 July: Clashes erupt at mosque, 16 killed, after long student campaign for Islamic Sharia law4 July: About 700 students leave mosque, now besieged by security forces; mosque leader caught trying to flee wearing woman's burka5 July: More than 1,000 students surrender to security forces6 July: Women are allowed to leave the mosque; students' deputy leader says he would rather die than surrender 8 July: Ministers say wanted militants are holding women and children inside the mosque9 July: Negotiators talk to mosque leader via loudspeaker without progress; three Chinese workers are killed in Peshawar over siege10 July: Pakistani troops storm mosque after failure of talks; army says Ghazi killed11 July: Pakistani army says all militants cleared from mosque Profile: Red Mosque From joy to despair
The government has sent thousands of new troops to the north-west fearing there could be a new "holy war" in revenge for the siege.
Many of the militants in the Red Mosque (Lal Masjid) complex were thought to have come from the north-west.
President Pervez Musharraf last week vowed to root out extremists "from every corner of the country".
The government's operation against the radical Islamists sparked protests across Pakistan.
Demonstrators in Peshawar were told it was a "genocide" in which "hundreds of innocent women and children died".
In Islamabad, hundreds of demonstrators attended a rally organised by Pakistan's main alliance of radical parties, the Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal.
"This carnage will prove to be the last nail in the coffin of Musharraf's dictatorial rule in Pakistan," the group's deputy leader Maulana Abdul Ghafoor Hydri told the gathering.
"Now there will be Red Mosques everywhere in Pakistan."