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| Deadly Bomb Blast Rocks Pakistan Military Compound | |
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| PESHAWAR, Pakistan — A bomb exploded inside a vehicle at a Pakistani military compound in the country’s northwest on Sunday, killing at least 20 members of a paramilitary unit and wounding 30 more, a security official said. | PESHAWAR, Pakistan — A bomb exploded inside a vehicle at a Pakistani military compound in the country’s northwest on Sunday, killing at least 20 members of a paramilitary unit and wounding 30 more, a security official said. |
| A unit of the Frontier Corps was moving from the compound in Bannu to Razmak in the volatile North Waziristan tribal region when a bomb planted in their vehicle exploded, said the official, who insisted on anonymity because he was not authorized to speak to the news media. | |
| The official said a road curfew was in place on Sunday to secure the transportation of troops to and from the tribal region, where military convoys have been hit by roadside bombings and ambushes. | The official said a road curfew was in place on Sunday to secure the transportation of troops to and from the tribal region, where military convoys have been hit by roadside bombings and ambushes. |
| The troops, the official said, were to be ferried in an unmarked vehicle. “The vehicle was rented from a local bazaar. We have a shortage of vehicles,” the official said. “Most probably, the bomb was already planted inside the vehicle. The driver of the vehicle has also been killed.” | The troops, the official said, were to be ferried in an unmarked vehicle. “The vehicle was rented from a local bazaar. We have a shortage of vehicles,” the official said. “Most probably, the bomb was already planted inside the vehicle. The driver of the vehicle has also been killed.” |
| Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan, an umbrella organization representing Pakistani militant groups, took responsibility for the bombing. | |
| A government official who also spoke on the condition of anonymity said that paramilitary and other security forces routinely rented unmarked vehicles as a cover to hide the identity of the passengers. | A government official who also spoke on the condition of anonymity said that paramilitary and other security forces routinely rented unmarked vehicles as a cover to hide the identity of the passengers. |
| There has been a surge in terrorist attacks after a brief lull following the death in a drone strike of a militant commander, Hakimullah Mehsud, in November. A security official said there were 42 attacks this month in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Province in the northwest, including the bombing on Sunday. | |
| Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s government is seeking a peace dialogue with militant groups in the tribal region, but Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan has resisted, saying it will not talk to a government subservient to the United States. |