A roadside bomb has killed at least five people and wounded several others in Pakistan’s northwest tribal region bordering Afghanistan.
Mohammad Iqbal Khan, who is a Pakistani government official, said on Monday that a remote-controlled bomb was detonated in Tirah Valley in the Khyber tribal region as volunteers from a government-backed militia group were moving into the area.
Khan said the attack took place in a remote area of the valley and the wounded were being transported to a hospital in the region.
Khyber News Agency reported that the people targeted in the attack were workers of a peace committee.
No group has claimed responsibility yet, but militants from the Taliban and Daesh groups have carried out such attacks in the past.
In mid-February, a Daesh assailant staged an attack on the Lal Shahbaz Qalandar Shrine in the city of Sehwan, where a large number of people had gathered for a special Sufi ceremony. The blast killed 88 people, including 20 children, and wounded some 250 more.
Pakistan’s army is battling militants in tribal regions bordering Afghanistan.
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