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Four soldiers, two schoolchildren killed in attacks in northwest Pakistan

Roadside bomb kills four officers and wounds five others while two schoolchildren are killed in a mortar explosion.

A roadside bomb exploded near a vehicle carrying security forces in northwestern Pakistan, killing four officers and wounding five others, officials said.

The roadside bombing happened in South Waziristan district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, local police officer Dilawar Khan said on Thursday.

No one immediately claimed responsibility for the attack, but the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) armed group, also known as Pakistan Taliban, has stepped up its assaults in the region since its ally, the Afghan Taliban, seized power in neighbouring Afghanistan in 2021.

Pakistan’s military in a statement on Thursday confirmed the “martyrdom” of four officers, but said security forces also responded to the attack and killed five “Khwarij”, a term used by the military for the Pakistan Taliban.

Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif expressed “grief and sorrow” over the killing of the soldiers and said, “Our war against terrorists will continue until the complete elimination of terrorism from the country.”

Also on Thursday, a mortar fired by armed fighters landed near a road in the Tirah valley in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, killing two schoolchildren who were going to school on foot, police said.

For years, Pakistan Taliban fighters have been attacking the country and its forces in a bid to overthrow the government and replace it with its interpretation of a strict Islamic system. Attacks increased since last year after it revoked a ceasefire with the government after it accused them of violating a truce.

Islamabad has also accused Kabul’s rulers of failing to root out rebels from staging attacks on Pakistan from over the border.

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