FACTBOX-Security developments in Pakistan, Feb 5
Sun, 5 Feb 2012 10:01 GMT
Feb 5 (Reuters) - Following are security developments in Pakistan on Sunday at 1000 GMT.
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* KURRAM - A homemade bomb exploded next to a Pakistani military vehicle in the Alizai area of the northwestern Kurram tribal region, near the Afghanistan border, killing a soldier and wounding ten others, security officials said.
Pakistani forces have been conducting operations against militant groups in Kurram, and the last two weeks have seen the fiercest fighting in months. (Reporting by Ali Afzaal in PARACHINAR; Writing by Qasim Nauman)
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