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Unidentified assailants killed Kurram Agency Political Secretary

SANA MAHMOOD

KURRAM AGENCY: Unidentified assailants have shot political secretary Sarfraz Hussain and his guard dead here today. 

Their vehicle was ambushed when they were travelling in Walicheena area here. 

Bodies were shifted to the HQ Hospital here. 

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Van carrying census workers attacked in Kurram agency, 10 killed

Van carrying census workers attacked in Kurram agency, 10 killed

April 25, 2017

PARACHINAR: A remote-controlled roadside bomb targeting a passenger van killed at least 10 people and wounded several others in Kurram Agency on Tuesday, police said.

According to police, the militants planted a roadside bomb in Kurram Agency, close to the Afghanistan border.

“The vehicle was on its way from Godar to Sadda, Parachinar when it was hit by a remote-controlled bomb, killing at least ten and injuring two census workers on board,” said an official.

The injured were taken to a local hospital.

Pakistan army’s military wing said that a special military MI-17 helicopter has been sent to Parachinar to bring the injured to Peshawar for treatment.

 

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M. M. Alam is a Pakistan-based working journalist since 1981. Karachi University faculty gold medalist Alam began his career four decades ago by writing for Dawn, Pakistan’s highest circulating English daily. He has worked for region’s leading publications, global aviation periodicals including Rotors (of USA) and vetted New York Times as permanent employee of daily Express Tribune. Alam regularly covers international aviation and defense-related events including Salon Du Bourget (France), Farnborough (United Kingdom), Dubai (UAE). Alam has reported thousands of events and interviewed hundreds of people in Pakistan, UAE, EU, UK and USA. Being Francophone Alam also coordinates with a number of French publications.