INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
said late on Saturday.The bus was travelling on the Karakoram Highway, one of the highest roads in the world, which connects Islamabad with
Beijing.The attack, according to officials, took place around 6:30pm local time when terrorists opened fire at the bus and it subsequently
collided with an oncoming truck.Another 26 passengers of the bus were wounded in the attack and some had bullet injuries, Abbas said.No
terrorist attacks in the country, particularly in the northwestern province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and the southwestern province of
Both provinces border Afghanistan.Last month, a Pakistani air force base came under attack in central Punjab province that the military said
was repulsed successfully
Around two dozen soldiers and civilians were killed in November.Violence against security forces and civilians has surged in Pakistan since
the takeover of the Taliban in neighbouring Afghanistan.Islamabad blames Islamist militants hiding in Afghan border regions for deadly
bombings and shootings in Pakistan
Kabul rejects the charges.Source: DPA--Agencies