11-08-2006, 12:06 PM
<b>Suicide attack at Pak army camp; 20 dead</b><!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin--> <span style='font-size:14pt;line-height:100%'>A suicide attacker detonated a bomb at a Pakistan army training base in northwestern Pakistan on Wednesday, killing at least 20 soldiers and wounding several others, security officials said.</span>No one claimed responsibility for the attack at Dargai, a town about 100 kilometres north of Peshawar, the capital of North West Frontier Province.
A security official said troops had cordoned off the area.
Army spokesman Maj Gen Shaukat Sultan only confirmed that an incident had occurred at the base, but did not elaborate. "Something happened there, but we don't have any details," he said.
But the security official, who spoke on condition of anonymity because he is not authorized to speak to media, said the suicide attacker had struck the army's main training center in the high-security area of Dargai.
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A security official said troops had cordoned off the area.
Army spokesman Maj Gen Shaukat Sultan only confirmed that an incident had occurred at the base, but did not elaborate. "Something happened there, but we don't have any details," he said.
But the security official, who spoke on condition of anonymity because he is not authorized to speak to media, said the suicide attacker had struck the army's main training center in the high-security area of Dargai.
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