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'Explosive-laden vehicle rammed into convoy': 13 Pakistan troops killed in North Waziristan suicide blast; children among injured

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A suicide bombing targeting a military convoy in northwestern Pakistan on Saturday killed 13 soldiers and injured 29 others, including civilians, according to local officials and police.

"A suicide bomber rammed an explosive-laden vehicle into a military convoy. The blast killed 13 soldiers, injured 10 army personnel and 19 civilians," said a local government official in North Waziristan district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province , who asked not to be named because he was not authorised to speak to the media.

"The explosion also caused the roofs of two houses to collapse, injuring six children," a police officer posted in the district told AFP.

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