FIGHTER JETS POUND NW PAKISTAN, BOMB KILLS TWO SOLDIERS

Jakarta Forum - Peshawar, Pakistan, Jan 31. Fighter jets and helicopters on Sunday pounded a district in northwest Pakistan where a suicide bomber killed 17 people a day earlier, in a response described by authorities as "severe". It came as two security personnel were killed by another bomb on Sunday. Saturday`s suicide blast in the town of Khar was the latest in a string of attacks in Bajaur district, which borders Afghanistan. Senior administrative official Iqbal Khatak, said the death toll had risen overnight to 17, with 46 injured.



Source: ANTARA/AFP