Three soldiers and three children were killed in northwest Pakistan near the border with Afghanistan when an attacker detonated an explosive near a security forces vehicle, the military said in a statement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In a separate attack, gunmen shot dead two minority Sikhs in Pakistan\u2019s city of Peshawar, a police officer said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A Pakistan military statement on Sunday said a bomber triggered an explosives-laden vest near a vehicle on security patrol in a village near the town of Mir Ali in the tribal district of North Waziristan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The blast instantly killed two soldiers in the vehicle and wounded another. Three children playing alongside the road were also critically wounded. All of the wounded were rushed to a hospital in a helicopter but none survived, the statement said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the attack.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Also on Sunday, police officer Ejaz Khan told Associated Press that gunmen riding on a motorcycle opened fire on two members of the minority Sikh community in a bazaar in the Peshawar suburb of Sarband.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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