PESHAWAR: Four people, including three security personnel, were killed and seaveral others injured when militants attacked a security convoy in Khyber Agency on Wednesday.
The convoy, which was on way to Fort Saloop, was attacked in Qambar Khel town using an improvised explosive devise (IED). Three security officials were killed and another three injured.
The bodies and the injured were taken to Combined Military Hospital Peshawar. Little before the attack, a militant attacked a police checkpost near Bara’s border with Peshawar.
A policeman was injured in the attack, while the assailant was killed by other officials manning the post. Khyber is home to Taliban insurgents and militants from extremist group Lashkar-e-Islam led by local warlord Mangal Bagh.
Washington has branded the Tribal Areas a global headquarters of Al Qaeda and wants Pakistan to do more to fight insurgents streaming across its border into Afghanistan.
