PARACHINAR: A remote-controlled roadside bomb targeting a minibus killed at least 10 people and wounded several others in Kurram Agency on Tuesday, an official in the region said.
"Ten people were killed, including a woman and one child," Shahid Ali Khan, assistant political agent for Kurram Agency in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA), told Reuters.
Khan said the militants planted a roadside bomb in Kurram Agency, close to the Afghanistan border.
"When the passengers were coming, they detonated the remote-controlled bomb," he said.
A special military MI-17 helicopter has been sent to Parachinar to bring the injured to Peshawar for treatment, the ISPR said.
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