Four Pakistani troops hurt in blasts

Four Pakistani paramilitary soldiers were injured on Sunday when bombs exploded near their vehicles in north-west Pakistan, officials said. A remote-controlled bomb exploded on a roadside near a paramilitary contingent outside the tribal town of Tank, local police official Abdullah said.
The blast injured two paramilitary soldiers and damaged their vehicle, he said. In a second incident a remote-controlled roadside bomb near the town of Bannu exploded when paramilitary soldiers were patrolling the area, a security official said. Two soldiers were injured. Bannu and Tank border the restive Waziristan tribal district where 250 people, mostly Uzbek and Chechan fighters, have been killed in the past three weeks.