...Smallest of the agencies in FATA. The Agency administration is located in Khar. Bajaur is inhabited almost exclusively by Tarkani Pashtuns, which are divided into multiple bickering subtribes. Its 52 km border border with Afghanistan's Kunar Province makes it of strategic importance to Pakistain's strategic depth...here on Thursday.
Officials said that Malik Taj Mohammad was going from his home to Khar in a vehicle along with his mother and other family members when he was targeted with a remote-controlled bomb in the far-flung area of Ghakhi, 18 kilometres from Khar.
They said that the miscreants detonated the bomb planted at a turn on the road in mountainous area of the region when the vehicle just reached there. As a result, Malik Taj, his mother and other family members, including three children, were critically maimed while his vehicle was destroyed.
After the blast, people of the nearby area and members of the peace committee reached the site and took the injured to the agency headquarters hospital in Khar. Hospital sources told Dawn that Malik Taj and three others were referred to 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.
at death's door.
No one has grabbed credit for the attack, but officials of the administration said that snuffies could be involved in the attack.
"We are investigating the incident, but according to our information snuffies are responsible for the attack as these elements have been involved in such activities in the area," an official said.
Ajab Khan, a member of Salarzai peace committee, said that Malik Taj was a committed person who had been working for elimination of snuffies from the area and he was on the hit list of turbans.