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...
on Tuesday, official sources said.
According to the political administration officials, tehsildar Faramosh Khan was on an anti-poppy drive in Ambar tehsil area along with Anti-Narcotics Force officials and USAID campaigners when an IED device planted on the roadside went
kaboom!.
As a result of the kaboom, the USAID campaigners were killed while tehsildar Faramosh and an ANF official sustained injuries.
The injured were shifted to Ghalanai District Headquarters hospital for treatment.
There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the blast.