FACTBOX-Security developments in Pakistan, Feb 10
Fri, 10 Feb 2012 18:25 GMT
Feb 10 (Reuters) - Following are security developments in Pakistan on Friday at 1740 GMT.
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* MIRANSHAH - Militants fired two rocket-propelled grenades at a military airport in the town of Miranshah in the North Waziristan tribal region, near the Afghanistan border, security officials said. There were no immediate reports of casualties.
SWABI - Unidentified attackers threw two hand grenades and opened fired at a police vehicle after a political rally by cricketer-turned-politician Imran Khan in the northwestern town of Swabi, wounding 12 people, including seven policemen, police officials said.
KHUZDAR - A homemade bomb planted in a donkey cart exploded in the Khuzdar area of the southwestern Baluchistan province, killing one person and wounding another, police officials said.
Baluch separatists and Taliban militants are active in the province, and have been blamed for such violence in the past.
MAMOZAI - Pakistani forces fired artillery shells at three militant hideouts in the Mamozai area of the northwestern Kurram tribal region near the Afghanistan border, killing 11 militants and wounding another 19, security officials said.
The death toll could not be independently verified and militants often dispute official accounts. (Reporting by Jibran Ahmad in PESHAWAR, Gul Yusufzai in QUETTA and Ali Afzaal in PARACHINAR; Writing by Qasim Nauman; Editing by Chris Allbritton)
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