International Desk : Nine soldiers were killed and five injured in a suicide attack on a security convoy in northwest Pakistan, reports Al Jazeera.

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The military said security forces had cordoned off the area.

No group immediately claimed responsibility for the attack on Thursday in the northern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province’s Bannu district.

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The army’s media wing said a motorcycle borne suicide bomber exploded himself about 61km from the border with Afghanistan.

The rugged border region has long been a hive of militant activity.

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Provincial minister Feroze Jamal Shah told “The suicide bomber was riding a motorcycle and he rammed his bike into a truck in a military convoy.”

Pakistan’s restive northwest, which borders Afghanistan, has seen a rise in attacks over the last year since talks between armed fighters and the government broke down.

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In January, a suicide bomber linked with Tehreek–e–Taliban Pakistan (TTP) blew himself up in a mosque inside a police compound in the northwestern city of Peshawar, killing more than 80 officers.

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