Security officials said the device was planted on a road in Khar Qamar, an area where security forces had recently conducted a search operation following a previous roadside bomb attack. 4-5 Pakistani Northern Light Infantry (NLI) soldiers killed, their post destroyed in Indian Army's retaliatory action at the LoC in the Poonch sector South of Pir Panjal in J&K. https://t.co/DUWvmKciAW — GAURAV C SAWANT (@gauravcsawant) April 24, 2018The Pakistani Taliban, which is separate from the Afghan Taliban, claimed responsibility for the attack, according to Mohammad Khurasani, a spokesman for the movement, many of whose members are based across the border in Afghanistan. Pakistani forces have conducted a series of operations against militant groups including the Pakistani Taliban in North Waziristan over recent years, although officials now say the area has largely been pacified. There was no indication of any direct link between Friday's incident and recent clashes between security forces and PTM activists, in which at least 13 local tribesman have been killed and some 30 wounded.

Source: Dhaka Tribune June 08, 2019 09:22 UTC