DHAKA: The Pakistani military said it had bombed the hideout of a militant leader on Sunday, killing five insurgents, only a day after the Taliban declared a one-month ceasefire to pursue stalled peace talks with the government.

The target of the attack, Mullah Tamanchey, directed a deadly assault against a convoy carrying a polio vaccination team and security forces on Saturday in which 12 people were killed, the military said.

‘The government is not going to tolerate any act of terror and any act will be replied to,’ said a Pakistani security official who asked not to be identified, reports The Straits Times.

Hours after the attack on the convoy, the Taliban said they would observe a one-month ceasefire to try to revive peace talks that failed last month.

It also called on other militant groups to observe the ceasefire.

BDST: 1351 HRS, MAR 02, 2014