Security and police officials have said a suspected improvised explosive device detonated, tearing through a truck carrying workers to a construction project near the Afghan border.
Pakistan's security officials face the challenge of militant groups that analysts say have become emboldened since the return of the Afghan Taliban. / Photo: AP Archive
The device exploded after being attached to the vehicle the labourers were travelling in on Saturday evening, Rehman Gul Khattak, a senior government official for North Waziristan, said in a statement on Sunday.Amir Muhammad Khan, a senior police official in the area, confirmed the bomb blast and the number of casualties to AFP.
The militant assaults have been focused in regions abutting Afghanistan, and Islamabad alleges some are being planned on Afghan soil -- a charge Kabul denies.
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