Roadside bomb kills four security personnel in Kurram Agency

KURRAM AGENCY: Four security personnel were killed when their vehicle struck a roadside bomb in the village of Warmagai in Kurram Agency on Tuesday, officials said.

"At least four soldiers were martyred when a bomb planted on a roadside hit a security forces convoy," a senior security official told AFP.

Another official confirmed the attack and casualties, and said that immediately after the bombing security forces launched a search operation in which two militants were killed and three others wounded.

The vehicle belonged to a bomb-disposal squad whose mission was to travel ahead of a convoy to clear the road, the second official said.