Roadside bomb kills 5 anti-Taliban fighters in Pakistan
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A roadside bomb killed five anti-Taliban fighters and wounded two others in the country's northwest on Thursday evening, hours after a suspected US drone struck a militant compound near Pakistan's border with Afghanistan, killing three militants, Pakistani officials said.
The evening incident took place in South Waziristan's Spinkai area near the Afghan border when a group of anti-Taliban fighters were returning from a function. According to two intelligence officials, their vehicle was attacked using a remotely detonated bomb. The officials said the group was part of a volunteers' militia helping the military in operations against Islamist militants.
