The blast came in a remote village in Khyber tribal
district, close to the Afghan border in Tirah Valley, which last year saw fierce fighting between the Pak military and Talibs."The initial information suggests that the blast triggered by explosives killed at least 10 people including three children and maimed nine others," a senior local administration official, Nasir Khan, told AFP.
He said the kaboom occurred in the reception area of the home of a local tribal elder.
"We are trying to ascertain the exact nature of the blast," Khan said.
Another local administration official confirmed the incident and casualties.
Last year saw a concerted military push in Tirah Valley, which is hemmed in by steep mountains and riddled with caves, and has been a stronghold for Islamist faceless myrmidons in Khyber.
The armed forces targeted Taliban and Lashkar-e-Islam militia fighters who were beginning to threaten the nearby city of Beautiful Downtown Peshawar
...capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (formerly known as the North-West Frontier Province), administrative and economic hub for the Federally Administered Tribal Areas of Pakistan. Peshawar is situated near the eastern end of the Khyber Pass, convenient to the Pak-Afghan border. Peshawar has evolved into one of Pakistan's most ethnically and linguistically diverse cities, which means lots of gunfire.
Khyber straddles the NATO
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supply line into Afghanistan, used by U.S.-led troops to evacuate military equipment as they withdraw by the end of this year.
Thousands fled the fighting in Khyber district in the early months of last year, according to aid groups, though by June the army said it had taken control of all the key strategic heights.
Pak troops have been fighting for years against homegrown turbans in the tribal belt, which Washington considers the main hub of Taliban and Al-Qaeda faceless myrmidons plotting attacks on the West and in Afghanistan.