A bomb attack blamed on Al-Qaeda killed two soldiers and wounded two more in southern Yemen today, a military official said.
The blast targeted a 39th armoured brigade checkpoint in Mahfad town in Abyan province, the official said, accusing Al-Qaeda militants of being behind the remotely detonated device.
Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) is active across several parts of Yemen, taking advantage of a collapse of central authority during a 2011 uprising that ousted veteran president Ali Abdullah Saleh.
The United States considers AQAP to be the most dangerous affiliate of the global jihadist organisation.
