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Roadside Bomb Kills 2 Pakistani Soldiers

Associated Press

   DERA ISMAIL KHAN, PAKISTAN -Pakistani intelligence officials saida
   roadside bomb attack killed two army soldiers Saturday in the country's
   northwest.
   The officials said the planted bomb exploded when a security forces
   vehicle was patrolling in theLadhaarea of South Waziristan.
   The officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not
   authorized to speak to reporters.
   No group immediately claimed responsibility for the attack, but past
   such attacks have been claimed by Pakistani Taliban.
   South Waziristan was a stronghold ofMahsudmilitants until the army
   carried out multiple offensives against them in recent years.
   The army claims to have cleared the area near the Afghan border of
   Islamic militants.

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