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India-Pakistan
Child killed, 2 hurt in Bajaur blast
2017-04-23
[DAWN] KHAR: A child was killed and two persons were maimed in a roadside kaboom blast in Khar tehsil of Bajaur Agency, aka Turban Central
...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...
on Friday afternoon, officials and local people said.

They said the incident took place in Shinkoot area, some 10km from Khar, the agency headquarters.

Officials quoted eyewitness as saying that Gul Mast Khan, a local resident, along with his children was coming home from a nearby mosque after offering Friday prayers when a remote-controlled bomb placed along the link road went off.

They said a child identified as Marwan was struck down in his prime while his father and other child, Farmanullah, received serious injuries in the blast.

People of the nearby areas immediately reached the site and shifted the maimed to the agency headquarters hospital. Later, both the maimed were shifted 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.
No one grabbed credit for the blast nor did the family blame anyone for the kaboom.

Later, officials of the local administration and Levies personnel visited the site of the kaboom and launched a hunt for the perpetrators. However,
we can't all be heroes. Somebody has to sit on the curb and applaud when they go by...
no one was taken into custody.
Posted by:Fred

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