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Roadside bomb kills three in Kurram
[Dawn] Three persons were killed and 13 others received injuries in a roadside kaboom blast in upper Kurram tribal region on Monday.

The residents of the area said that a pick-up vehicle, carrying passengers from Kanraki to Parachinar, hit a landmine planted by suspected snuffies along a roadside. As a result the vehicle was destroyed and driver Mohammad Hassan, Noor Wali and a religious scholar Maulana Rahmat Ali were killed on the spot.

Thirteen other passengers were maimed in the blast. Two of the injured were stated to be at death's door. The injured also included a woman and children.

The locals rushed to the site of occurrence and started rescue work. The injured were taken to agency headquarters hospital in Parachinar.

Meanwhile,
...back at the wreckage, a single surviver held tightly to the smashed prow...
most of the areas in tehsil Safi plunged into darkness when unidentified persons blew up two power transmission towers in Mohmand
... Named for the Mohmand clan of the Sarban Pahstuns, a truculent, quarrelsome lot. In Pakistain, the Mohmands infest their eponymous Agency, metastasizing as far as the plains of Beautiful Downtown Peshawar, Charsadda, and Mardan. Mohmands are also scattered throughout Pakistan in urban areas including Bloody Karachi, Lahore, and Quetta. In Afghanistan they are mainly found in Nangarhar and Kunar...
tribal region on Monday.

Locals said two electricity towers were blown up by suspected persons in Qayumabad and Bayankhel areas of tehsil Safi on Sunday night. The towers were destroyed completely, disrupting power supply to several areas of Mohmand and Bajaur agencies. They said that power supply to Mamagat grid station was also disconnected.

Meanwhile,
...back at the wreckage, a single surviver held tightly to the smashed prow...
jet fighters and helicopter gunships pounded suspected jihad boy hideouts in Baizai and Safi tehsils. The artillery also targeted jihad boy positions in Mattai and Suran Darra. However,
The wishy-washy However...
no casualty was reported till late night.
Posted by: Fred 2011-04-13
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