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| Four peace body members, Levies man martyred in Tirah blast |
| 2017-05-24 |
| [DAWN] Four members of the Akkakhel peace committee and a Levies force’s man were martyred in a roadside blast in lower Tirah, Khyber Agency ... the place to go if you've got an Indiana Jones hat and whip. Chock full of high adventure and treacherous Pathans. You should really train up to it, though... , on Monday. Officials of the Khyber Agency’s political administration confirmed the incident. They said in a brief statement that a vehicle of the peace committee was hit by an improvised bomb (IED). According to the statement, Zar Wali of the Akkakhel tribe along with his colleagues Noor Khan, Gul Nawaz and Tamrez and Levies force man Abdul Manan was travelling in the vehicle when the IED placed by assailants on the roadside near Mr Wali’s house in Dars Jummat locality went kaboom!at around 9.30am. All the five men was struck down in his prime. Soon after the blast security personnel rushed to the site and took the bodies out from the badly damaged vehicle. |
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