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FACTBOX-Security developments in Pakistan, Feb 1

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Tuesday, 1 February 2011 07:39 GMT

ISLAMABAD, Feb 1 (Reuters) - Following are security developments in Pakistan at 0730 GMT on Tuesday.

QUETTA - Suspected militants fired on a NATO truck in the southwestern Baluchistan province on Tuesday carrying fuel for foreign troops in Afghanistan, killing the driver and wounding his companion, security officials said.

Militants frequently attack NATO convoys passing through Pakistani territory, in an effort to disrupt supplies to Afghanistan.

(Reporting by Augustine Anthony; Editing by Michael Georgy)

(E-mail: augustine.anthony@thomsonreuters.com; Reuters Messaging: augustine.anthony@thomsonreuters.com; Islamabad newsroom: +92 51 281 0017))

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