Car bomb kills three in Bara: Officials

A bomb planted in a car exploded killing three passengers and wounding two pedestrians.

BARA: Three people were killed and two injured when a bomb exploded in the Kambarkhel area of Bara in Khyber Agency on Saturday.

A bomb planted in a car exploded on Saturday killing three passengers and wounding two pedestrians in the Kambarkhel area, officials said.

The bomb, which was on a timer, exploded in a moving car at Barqambarkhel village in the lawless Khyber tribal district, they said.

"Three people were killed and two pedestrians were wounded when a time bomb planted in a car exploded," Khyber's top administrative official Shafirullah Khan told AFP.

The wounded were in stable condition, he added. Local intelligence officials confirmed the incident and the death toll.

Khyber is home to Taliban insurgents and militants from the extremist group Lashkar-e-Islam, led by local warlord Mangal Bagh.

The northwestern regions of the country have been rocked by frequent bomb attacks and violence as security forces continue their operation against militants in many areas. On Wednesday, at least 10 people, most of them women and children, were killed and 26 wounded when a car bomb ripped through a packed market area near a police station in Peshawar.