Two Pakistani soldiers were killed today when a car bomb hit a paramilitary van escorting a bus of pilgrims in the country's restive Balochistan province.
The incident took place in Dringhar area, on the main Quetta-Taftan Highway in Mastung district, some 50 kilometres southwest of Quetta.
"The bomb exploded after an FC (Paramilitary Frontier Corps) vehicle stopped to check a parked car," Sayed Mehrab Shah, a senior government official told Geo TV.
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There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the blast.