Taliban, Al Qaeda Strike Back In North Waziristan...IED Hits Military Vehicle Killing 14 Soldiers/Security Personnel

I can't tell from the report here at DAWN whether or not the dead in a massive Taliban/al Qaeda IED in North Waziristan were actually Pakistani troops, Frontier militia or police but the fact of the matter is this is one of the biggest IED attacks in Pakistan's history as the warfare from Afghanistan has reached Pakistan.

You can almost see the strategy of the Taliban unfolding before your eyes - not only do they need to retain their buffer/safety zone in NW Pakistan until the U.S. if finally out of Afghanistan in 2014, but it's my belief that they intend to make a number of the NW Pakistan provinces and agencies a PART of Aghanistan when they resume control.

North Waziristan blast kills 14 security personnel


LANDI KOTAL: A remotely detonated bomb targeting a security forces’ vehicle killed 14 personnel and injured 25 others on Miramshah road in North Waziristan’s Razmak area on Sunday, intelligence sources told Dawn.com.

Military sources confirmed that 14 personnel were killed and 25 others were injured in the attack.

The injured were shifted to the Combined Military Hospital (CMH) Peshawar.

In another incident, a clash occurred between militants and Aman Lashkar personnel in Akakhel area of Khyber tribal regions Bara district on Sunday. Two militants were killed in the clash whereas one personnel of the Aman Lashkar was injured, according to local political administration sources.

Moreover, one person was killed in another explosion in Zakakhel market of Khyber tribal region’s Landi Kotal area on Sunday.

Further details were not available till the filing of this report.

Meanwhile, miscreants ransacked a Government Girls school in Jhansi area of Sipah near Khyber tribal regions’ Juma Khan Kallay area and took away furniture and fittings from the premises. The structure of the building remained unharmed in the incident.