[Dawn] A roadside kaboom targeting a police van on Saturday killed three newly recruited coppers and maimed 10 others in northwestern Pakistain, officials said.The incident took place in Torghar district, a mountainous region of restive Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa
... formerly NWFP, still Terrorism Central...
province, where forces of Evil frequently attack government officials and troops.
"It was a remote-controlled bomb. The target was the police vehicle. Three police recruits were killed and 10 were maimed," Farid Khan, the district's top police officer, told AFP.
Khalid Umarzai, another senior government official in the area confirmed the incident and the casualties.