TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) — A roadside bomb killed two Tunisian soldiers who were hunting al-Qaida-linked militants Thursday in a mountainous region near the Algerian border — the first military deaths from enemy fire in a campaign that began in December.

The explosion struck a military vehicle as it passed through the village of Doghra in the Jebel Chaambi mountain region, army spokesman Brig. Gen. Mokhtar Ben Nasr said. The blast killed a chief warrant officer and a corporal, and wounded two other soldiers.

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