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In a statement released Sunday, the Pakistani military said Maj. Gen. Sanaullah Niazi was killed when his convoy was hit by a roadside bomb in the Dir district, northwestern Pakistan close to the Afghanistan border. A lieutenant colonel and a soldier were also killed in the attack, and two soldiers were injured.
Gen. Niazi was on his way back from spending two days visiting posts along the border with Afghanistan, the statement added.
According to The Wall Street Journal, Pakistani Taliban's spokesman Shahidullah Shahid, in a statement read to reporters by phone, claimed responsibility for the attack.
In his statement, Mr. Shahid said Islamabad had to show its seriousness about talks by first withdrawing the army from Pakistan's tribal areas and by releasing militant prisoners
Last week, Pakistan's parliamentary parties endorsed a strategy proposed by Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif to hold peace talks with the militant group.
The Pakistani Taliban has formulated a list of far-reaching demands in response to the government offer to begin peace negotiations.
The death of Gen. Niazi will potentially damage the government's plan to hold peace talks with the militant group.
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