FACTBOX - Security developments in Pakistan, July 9

(Reuters) - Following are security developments in Pakistan at 11:45 British time Thursday.

DERA BUGTI - A blast killed five soldiers and wounded six Thursday when a paramilitary vehicle hit a landmine in the southwestern province of Baluchistan, where separatists have been fighting for decades for greater autonomy, security officials said.

WANA - Pakistani warplanes pounded Taliban positions in the South Waziristan tribal region Thursday, killing at least four militants, intelligence officials said.

BANNU - A remote-controlled bomb went off close to a vehicle carrying security forces in northwestern Bannu town, wounding six soldiers, police said.

(Compiled by Islamabad Bureau; Editing by Jason Subler and Sanjeev Miglani)