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Suicide bomber kills 27 soldiers in NW Pakistan

By ASSOCIATED PRESS

FEBRUARY 10, 2011 13:30

PESHAWAR, Pakistan — A suicide bomber linked to the Pakistani Taliban attacked soldiers during morning exercises at an army training camp in the northwest Thursday, killing 27 troops and wounding 40 others.

There were conflicting accounts about the identity of the bomber. The Pakistani army and police said he was a teenager in a school uniform, but the Pakistani Taliban claimed he was a soldier at the camp in Mardan town who volunteered for the attack.

The bombing showed that despite years of army operations against their hideouts along Pakistan's border with Afghanistan, Taliban and al-Qaida-linked fighters retain the ability to strike back. It was one of the worst attacks on security forces in recent months.

Senior police official Abdullah Khan said 27 soldiers died and around 40 were wounded, some critically. The army, which tends to release information much slower, put the death toll in an earlier statement at 20.

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