...a rural policeman in Pakistain or India...
official and three volunteers suffered injuries when the vehicle of a local peace committee head was targeted with an improvised bomb in
Mohmand Agency... 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 Peshawar, Charsadda, and Mardan. Mohmands are also scattered throughout Pakistan in urban areas including Karachi, Lahore, and Quetta. In Afghanistan they are mainly found in Nangarhar and Kunar...
here on Monday.
Political tehsildar, Baizai, Miraj Khan confirmed the incident and said that Baizai peace committee head Malik Sanobar was going in his vehicle when it was hit by an improvised Explosive device in Shandara area. As a result, Malik Sanobar, a khasadar official, Hazrat Ali, and two peace volunteers, Ismail Khan and Hazrat, were maimed. He said that the injured men were shifted to a local hospital.
Following the blast, security forces launched a search operation to track down the attackers.
Meanwhile,
...back at the bunker, his Excellency called a hurried meeting of his closest advisors. It was to be his last. They discussed the officers's efficiency rating system...
the security personnel also defused another IED in the same area.