Bomb kills one, injures six at Torkham crossing

Peshawar: A bomb in a pushcart killed at least one person and wounded six others Friday at the main border crossing between Pakistan and Afghanistan, officials said.

The blast came at the Torkham crossing, the main frontier post in Pakistan´s northwest.

The bomb was apparently hidden in a pushcart used by travellers to ferry goods across the frontier.

"The bomb killed one person and wounded six others, two of them seriously," senior local administration official Daftar Khan told AFP.

Another senior local administration official, Tayyab Abdullah, also confirmed the incident and casualties.

The border crossing has been used extensively by NATO supply convoys transporting goods overland from Pakistan´s main port Karachi to forces in Afghanistan. (AFP)