‘Explosive-laden vehicle rammed into convoy’: 13 Pakistan troops killed in North Waziristan suicide blast; children among injured – Times of India

A suicide bombing targeting a military convoy in northwestern Pakistan on Saturday killed 13 soldiers and injured 29 others, including civilians, according to local officials and police.“A suicide bomber rammed an explosive-laden vehicle into a military convoy. The blast killed 13 soldiers, injured 10 army personnel and 19 civilians,” said a local government official in North Waziristan district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, who asked not to be named because he was not authorised to speak to the media.“The explosion also caused the roofs of two houses to collapse, injuring six children,” a police officer posted in the district told AFP.