Khyber agency violence: Security official killed in targeted attack

An official of the Khasadar force died and another was injured in a bomb blast in Bara tehsil.

KHYBER AGENCY: An official of the Khasadar force died and another was injured when their vehicle was targeted by a remote-controlled bomb in Bara tehsil. In separate incidents, two bodies were found in Jamrud and Landi Kotal respectively, and another man, Yousaf Khan was killed by unidentified gunmen who opened fire on him in the Godar area of Jamrud. More than a dozen people have died in a new series of killings in Khyber agency during the last month.

Published in The Express Tribune, October 17^th, 2011.