FACTBOX-Security developments in Pakistan, Oct 20
Wed, 20 Oct 2010 11:55 GMT
Oct 20 (Reuters) - Following are security developments in Pakistan at 0910 GMT on Wednesday.
* denotes new or updated items.
* KALAYA - A paramilitary vehicle hit a landmine in the northwestern region of Mohmand, wounding six soldiers, a government official in the region said.
Hours later, security forces killed six Taliban and wounded three in a fight after militants attacked a paramilitary patrol in the same region, a government official said.
There was no independent verification of the number of deaths.
PESHAWAR - Security forces shot dead a militant after he threw a hand grenade near a police checkpoint in the outskirts of Peshawar, wounding a passer-by and policeman, police said.
BANNU - Two suspected militants and one policeman were killed in a shootout in the northwestern town of Bannu, police said.
* LANDIKOTAL - A roadside bomb blast killed two soldiers and wounded three in the northwestern Khyber region on the Afghan border, a military spokesman said. (Compiled by Kamran Haider; Editing by Chris Allbritton) (kamran.haider@thomsonreuters.com; Islamabad newsroom: +92-51 281 0017)) (For more Reuters coverage of Pakistan, see: http://www.reuters.com/places/pakistan) (If you have a query or comment about this story, send an e-mail to news.feedback.asia@thomsonreuters.com)
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