PESHAWAR: A bomb planted on a motorbike killed two soldiers in Pakistan’s restive northwest yesterday, officials said, in an attack claimed by a breakaway faction of the Taliban. The incident happened in Mithra area on the outskirts of Peshawar, the capital of northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province.
“A remote controlled bomb planted on a motorbike went off as an army vehicle passed by it, killing one soldier and wounding another who later succumbed to his injuries,” a senior security official said. A local police official also confirmed the incident and casualties.
Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan, which split from the main Pakistani Taliban in September, claimed responsibility. In a telephone call, the spokesman of the group Ehsan said the attack was revenge of one of their members who was killed in an operation by the army.
“We will continue to target the Pakistani military in the future,” he said. AFP
