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A bomb blast killed three paramilitary troops Sunday in Khyber region, where security forces are pressing ahead with an offensive to secure a major supply route for foreign forces in Afghanistan. Also in the north-west, a suicide bomber attempted to attack a security post in the Swat Valley but was killed before he could strike.
The incidents show that the region is still dangerous despite the recent arrests of five militant commanders there. The bomb in the Mandiknas area of Khyber targeted a security convoy and was detonated by remote control, said Sadiq Khan, an official at the Khyber agency administrator office. Two soldiers died at the scene and four were wounded. One of the injured soldiers later died at a hospital. Pakistan began its latest offensive in the Khyber tribal region on September 1 and says it has killed more than 150 militants. The fighting has caused thousands of residents to flee.
Militants have frequently attacked trucks travelling through the Khyber pass carrying supplies to Nato and US troops in landlocked Afghanistan. Pakistan is under intense US pressure to crack down on al Qaida and Taliban militants along the Afghan border.
In April, it launched a major offensive in the Swat Valley that succeeded in retaking much of it from Taliban control. On Friday, the army announced the capture of five top Taliban commanders from the Swat Valley, including spokesman Muslim Khan.
On Sunday, a suicide bomber attempted to attack a checkpoint close to a fuel station in the region, but security forces fired on his vehicle from a distance and it exploded, killing him, said Major Mohammad Mushtaq of the Swat media center.

Copyright Associated Press, 2009

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