Blast near Afghan border kills four Pakistan soldiers

ISLAMABAD: At least four soldiers were killed and seven others injured in a suicide blast on a military convoy in Pakistan’s restive North Waziristan tribal district bordering Afghanistan, the military’s media wing said on Tuesday.
The strike came hours after three top commanders of the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) — a conglomerate of militant groups — were killed after their vehicle struck a roadside landmine in eastern Afghanistan. The TTP has often blamed Pakistani forces for…