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FACTBOX-Security developments in Pakistan, July 9
09 Jul 2009 10:49:53 GMT
Source: Reuters
July 9 (Reuters) - Following are security developments in Pakistan at 1045 GMT on Thursday.

DERA BUGTI - A blast killed five soldiers and wounded six on Thursday when a paramilitary vehicle hit a land mine in the southwestern province of Baluchistan, where separatists have been fighting for decades for greater autonomy, security officials said.

WANA - Pakistani warplanes pounded Taliban positions in the South Waziristan tribal region on Thursday, killing at least four militants, intelligence officials said.

BANNU - A remote-controlled bomb went off close to a vehicle carrying security forces in northwestern Bannu town, wounding six soldiers, police said. (Compiled by Islamabad Bureau; Editing by Jason Subler and Sanjeev Miglani)


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