Battle intensifies as Taliban retake Pakistani town
Latest on the war in Pakistan.
DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan (Reuters) – Taliban militants attacked Pakistani forces and recaptured a strategic town on Tuesday while two suicide bomb blasts at an Islamic university in the capital killed four people and wounded at least 20, officials said.
The army on Monday captured the small town of Kotkai, the birthplace of Pakistani Taliban chief Hakimullah Mehsud on the approach to an insurgent base in south Waziristan, but militants struck back on Tuesday to retake it, security officials said.
The fighting for control of lawless South Waziristan is a major test of the government’s ability to tackle an increasingly brazen insurgency that has seen a string of attacks in various parts of the country.
Two suspected suicide bomb blasts at the International Islamic University in Islamabad on Tuesday killed four people and wounded at least 20, officials said.
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