KHAR: Gunmen ambushed a vehicle carrying government paramilitary forces in a restive Pakistani tribal region near the Afghan border yesterday, killing two soldiers, officials said.
The attack took place in Kamar village, around 40km northwest of Khar, the main town of Bajaur tribal region where Taliban and Al Qaeda-linked militants have carved out hideouts. “An FC vehicle was on a routine patrol when gunmen sitting along the roadside opened fire on it, killing two troops and wounding four,” senior local administration official Sohail Ahmad Khan said. Frontier Corps or FC is charged with maintaining law and order and its members are frequently attacked in Pakistan’s troubled northwest. AFP
