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Pakistan troops killed in Kashmir | |
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At least two soldiers have been killed and three others wounded by a suicide blast in Pakistani-administered Kashmir, officials say. | At least two soldiers have been killed and three others wounded by a suicide blast in Pakistani-administered Kashmir, officials say. |
The Taliban has said it carried out the attack, the AP news agency reported. | |
Militants have launched deadly attacks on soldiers across Pakistan, but it is thought to be the first such bombing in Pakistani-administered Kashmir. | |
The army is engaged in an intense battle to dislodge the Taliban from strongholds in the north-west. | |
The Pakistani Taliban fighting the army in the north-west have no obvious presence in Pakistan-controlled Kashmir, our correspondent says. | |
Security tight | |
The bomber targeted soldiers in Shaukat Lines, a military area in Muzaffarabad, the regional capital. He was described as about 18 years of age. | The bomber targeted soldiers in Shaukat Lines, a military area in Muzaffarabad, the regional capital. He was described as about 18 years of age. |
The attacker hit an army vehicle in an area which is used for residential purposes, a military spokesman said. | The attacker hit an army vehicle in an area which is used for residential purposes, a military spokesman said. |
Witnesses told the BBC that the bomber walked up to a gate near the residences of junior officers, and engaged the guard in a conversation. | |
Other soldiers gathered at the scene, after which the bomber detonated the explosives, the witnesses said. | Other soldiers gathered at the scene, after which the bomber detonated the explosives, the witnesses said. |
Security was tightened immediately after the explosion and an investigation was under way. | |
Widening offensive | |
The Pakistani army has recently widened its offensive to include assaults on South Waziristan, considered the stronghold of Pakistan's Taliban leader Baitullah Mehsud. | |
Hakimullah Mehsud, a deputy of the Pakistani Taliban leader, claimed responsibility for the attack and said they were to prove that Baitullah Mehsud had not been weakened by the recent onslaught. | |
The BBC's M Ilyas Khan says that the Taliban are hitting what is seen by many as a "soft" target in Muzaffarabad. | |
The purpose appears to be to widen the threat of militant attacks. |