<b>13 killed in air force bus bombing in Pakistan</b>
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->At least 13 people, mostly security personnel, were killed and around two dozen injured Tuesday when a bomb targeted a Pakistan Air Force bus in the country's northwestern city of Peshawar, officials said.
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"It was a remote-controlled explosive device which was planted under the bridge," said Inspector General of Police Malik Naveed.
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Fighter jets from PAF and gunship helicopters pounded several militants' positions in Bajaur tribal district Monday, killing at least 50 rebels and taking the death toll in five days of fighting to more than 160.
Taliban rebels had vowed to take revenge for the military action in the district, where clashes erupted last week when hundreds of militants surrounded a paramilitary base in Loi Sam area.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->At least 13 people, mostly security personnel, were killed and around two dozen injured Tuesday when a bomb targeted a Pakistan Air Force bus in the country's northwestern city of Peshawar, officials said.
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"It was a remote-controlled explosive device which was planted under the bridge," said Inspector General of Police Malik Naveed.
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Fighter jets from PAF and gunship helicopters pounded several militants' positions in Bajaur tribal district Monday, killing at least 50 rebels and taking the death toll in five days of fighting to more than 160.
Taliban rebels had vowed to take revenge for the military action in the district, where clashes erupted last week when hundreds of militants surrounded a paramilitary base in Loi Sam area.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->