*Source: DTN News / Reuters
(NSI News Source Info) ISLAMABAD, Pakistan - September 14, 2009: Following are security developments in Pakistan at 0730 GMT on Sunday.
KHYBER - A roadside bomb planted by militants blew up as a paramilitary force patrol was passing in the Khyber ethnic Pashtun tribal region on the Afghan border, killing three soldiers and wounding four, government and paramilitary force officials said. 
Security forces pass a check point in Bara, located in Pakistan's Khyber Agency, September 13, 2009. A roadside bomb planted by militants blew up as a paramilitary force patrol was passing in the Khyber ethnic Pashtun tribal region on the Afghan border, killing three soldiers and wounding four, government and paramilitary force officials said.
SWAT - A suicide bomber detonated his explosive-laden vehicle when security forces at a checkpost outside Mingora, the main town in the Swat valley, opened fire at him, the military said. There were no reports of casualties. 
A Pakistan army soldier stands guard close to the site of suicide bombing at a checkpoint near Batkhela, a town of Pakistan's Malakand district, Sunday, Sept. 13, 2009. A suicide bomber attempted to attack a checkpoint close to a fuel station in the region, but security forces fired on his vehicle from a distance and it exploded, killing him, said Maj. Mohammad Mushtaq of the Swat media center.
BAJAUR - A roadside bomb wounded three soldiers in the Bajaur region on the Afghan border, while a bridge was destroyed in a separate bomb blast, government officials said.
Security forces pass a check point in Bara, located in Pakistan's Khyber Agency, September 13, 2009. A roadside bomb planted by militants blew up as a paramilitary force patrol was passing in the Khyber ethnic Pashtun tribal region on the Afghan border, killing three soldiers and wounding four, government and paramilitary force officials said.
SWAT - A suicide bomber detonated his explosive-laden vehicle when security forces at a checkpost outside Mingora, the main town in the Swat valley, opened fire at him, the military said. There were no reports of casualties. A Pakistan army soldier stands guard close to the site of suicide bombing at a checkpoint near Batkhela, a town of Pakistan's Malakand district, Sunday, Sept. 13, 2009. A suicide bomber attempted to attack a checkpoint close to a fuel station in the region, but security forces fired on his vehicle from a distance and it exploded, killing him, said Maj. Mohammad Mushtaq of the Swat media center.
BAJAUR - A roadside bomb wounded three soldiers in the Bajaur region on the Afghan border, while a bridge was destroyed in a separate bomb blast, government officials said. (Editing by Jerry Norton) (For more Reuters coverage of Afghanistan and Pakistan, see: http://www.reuters.com/news/globalcoverage/afghanistanpakistan) (Compiled by Islamabad Bureau; Editing by Robert Birsel)
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