A suicide car bomber targeted a security checkpoint in northwestern Pakistan on May 24, killing two soldiers, a policeman, and a civilian, the military said. It was the second militant attack to hit Pakistan in as many days. The bombing happened in North Waziristan, a district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province that borders Afghanistan and is a former stronghold of the militant Pakistani Taliban group, also known as Tehrik-e Taliban. No one claimed responsibility, but the group claimed an attack earlier in the week on an oil field run by the Hungarian company MOL that left at least six security guards dead. To read the original story by AP, click here.
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