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FACTBOX-Security developments in Pakistan, April 30

Sat, 30 Apr 2011 07:01 GMT

Source: reuters // Reuters

ISLAMABAD, April 30 (Reuters) - Following are security developments in Pakistan at 0700 GMT on Saturday.

KURRAM - A passenger van struck a landmine in Pakistan's northwestern tribal region of Kurram on Saturday, killing two people and wounding six, local official Mowaz Khan said.

Hours before, suspected militants attacked three vehicles and kidnapped eight people in another area of Kurram on the Afghan border, where troops are fighting Pakistani Taliban for years, security officials said. (Compiled by Augustine Anthony; Editing by Faisal Aziz)

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