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India-Pakistan
Blast in Khyber kills nine, including three children
2014-01-07
[DAWN] At least nine people, including three children, were killed and several others maimed Monday when a blast rocked the house of a tribal elder in the northwestern Khyber tribal region.

According to officials, the kaboom hit the house of Hakeem Khan Akakhel, a tribal elder in a remote village in Khyber's Tirah valley, close to the Afghan border.

Senior local administration official, Nasir Khan, said the kaboom occurred in the reception area of the home of the tribal elder.

According to reports, the nine killed in the blast included three children. Three suspected forces of Evil were also among the dead.

Officials said they were still trying to ascertain the exact nature of the blast.
Posted by:Fred

#4  If you're a tribal elder, where one isn't given an separate office, then your house does double-duty.
Posted by: Pappy   2014-01-07 20:38  

#3  Senior local administration official, Nasir Khan, said the explosion occurred in the reception area of the home of the tribal elder.

How many houses have "Reception Areas", it wasn't a "House".
Posted by: Redneck Jim   2014-01-07 17:17  

#2   trying to ascertain the exact nature of the blast
Something blew up?
Posted by: Deacon Blues   2014-01-07 12:07  

#1  trying to ascertain the exact nature of the blast.
Specifically, was the bomb planted there or was it being worked on there?
Posted by: Glenmore   2014-01-07 10:36  

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