Pakistan roadside bomb kills three soldiers

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A roadside bomb exploded in Pakistan's restive tribal region near the Afghan border Sunday, killing at least three soldiers, the military said.
The attack occurred in an area on the border of South and North Waziristan tribal regions where the military has been battling Taliban and Al-Qaeda linked militants.
"At least three security forces personnel including an officer embraced shahadat (martyrdom) and three others sustained critical injuries after an improvised explosive device planted by terrorists along the road went off," the military said in a statement.
Nobody has so far claimed responsibility for the attack but Taliban and Al-Qaeda-linked militants frequently launch attacks across northwest Pakistan and the lawless tribal belt, which Washington has branded the most dangerous place in the world.
The latest incident comes almost two weeks after the Pakistani Taliban formally ended a ceasefire called to promote peace talks.
On April 16, the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan, TTP, said it would not extend a ceasefire it began on March 1 as part of peace talks with the government aimed at ending the militants' bloody seven-year insurgency.
Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif's government began negotiations with TTP through intermediaries in February to try to bring peace.
Since the TTP rose up against the Pakistani state in 2007, more than 6,800 people have been killed in bomb and gun attacks around Pakistan, according to an AFP tally.

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