Blast damages girls school in Mohmand Agency

PESHAWAR: A bomb rocked a girls primary school in Haleemzai Tehsil of Mohmand Agency late Wednesday night and partially damaged the structure of the building.

The school is located in the Khwajavas Korona area of the Haleemzai Tehsil, about four kilometers away from the Ghalani Headquarters, home to the political agent of the agency and houses rifles and ammunitions.

“The school belongs to Malik Nadir, who is a tribal elder,” Assistant Political Agent Roshan Mehsud told The Express Tribune.

“The bombs were attached to the outer walls of the school, which completely destroyed one of the rooms while the structure was damaged,” Mehsud added.

Several schools have been destroyed by militants in Mohmand Agency just as in the rest of the restive tribal belt.

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The government had decided to re-establish schools in the bordering Bayzai Tehsil where a military operation ended recently.

In a separate incident, 20 suspected militants who were involved in an attack on a checkpost, which is manned by levies and Khasadar Force of the tribal area in Qandaharu area of Safi Tehsil, were apprehended during a search operation.

The militants were moved to an undisclosed location for interrogation.

Haleemzai Tehsil is considered to be the safest as compared to other areas of the agency and less influenced by militancy.

The recent attacks on the checkpost and other secure zones have claimed lives of three security personnel dead in the last few weeks.