Summary The bomb exploded as a military convoy passed in the village of Ghulamkhan.
MIRANSHAH (Web Desk) – At least eight security personnel embraced martyrdom and several others got injured in a roadside blast in troubled North Waziristan tribal area bordering Afghanistan, Dunya News reported on Thursday.
According to Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR), an IED (Improvised Explosive Device) had been planted by terrorists on Miranshah-Ghulamkhan road.
The bomb exploded as a military convoy passed in the village of Ghulamkhan.
Several security forces personnel were also critically injured in the explosion, ISPR reported.
Local military officials confirmed the incident and said troops called in air support and launched a search operation in the area after the attack..
No group immediately claimed responsibility for the attac..
The attack comes two weeks after the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) formally ended a ceasefire called to help peace talks with the government.
Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif s government began negotiations with the TTP through intermediaries in February in the hope of ending their bloody seven-year insurgency.
