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2020-01-15 India-Pakistan
9 injured in hand grenade explosion near Karkhano police checkpost in Peshawar
[DAWN] At least nine people were maimed on Tuesday in a kaboom near the Karkhano police checkpost in Beautiful Downtown Peshawar
...capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, administrative and economic hub for the Federally Administered Tribal Areas of Pakistan. Peshawar is situated near the eastern end of the Khyber Pass, convenient to the Pak-Afghan border. Peshawar has evolved into one of Pakistain's most ethnically and linguistically diverse cities, which means lots of gunfire...
According to the Hayatabad Medical Complex spokesperson, nine persons injured in the blast were brought to the hospital, of whom five were women.

At least one woman is at death's door, the HMC spokesperson said.

Rescue 1122 workers reached the site, which has been cordoned off by the police and Bomb Disposal Unit, as personnel comb the area for evidence.

Additional Inspector General BDS Shaqat Malik said that a hand grenade was used in the earth-shattering kaboom, adding that further investigation into the incident is being carried out.

KP chief minister Mahmood Khan, while condemning the incident, directed the provincial police chief to submit a detailed report about the earth-shattering kaboom.

He also instructed health authorities to ensure the provision of the best available treatment to the injured.

Meanwhile,
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Khyber Pakhtunkhawa Minister for Health Shahram Khan Tarakai visited the injured at the hospital. Speaking to the media afterwards he said, "The injured are being being provided all possible care. Seven of the people admitted to the hospital after the blast are out of danger now."

The Karkhano police checkpost is located at the border between Peshawar and Khyber tribal districts.

Multiple attacks on security forces have been carried out in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa over the past month. On December 19, a Frontier Corps
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