Landmine explosion injures three soldiers in Pakistan

Landmine explosion injures three soldiers in Pakistan

A military truck hit a land mine on a dirt road in a tribal region in northwestern Pakistan, injuring three soldiers, an intelligence official said Tuesday.

The soldiers were riding on a water tanker traveling to a stream to fetch water for their base when the land mine went off late Monday in South Waziristan, a tribal region near the Afghan border, the official said on condition of anonymity in line with policy.

Authorities have blamed other attacks on suspected al-Qaida-linked militants, though no one claimed responsibility for the latest one near the town of Angoor Ada, about 100 kilometers (60 miles) west of Tank.