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On Tuesday morning, at least five people were killed and ten others maimed in a bomb kaboom in the northeastern province of
Khyber Agency, a Press TV correspondent reported.Pakistain's security forces have cordoned off the area and have shifted the injured to the hospital.
The corpse count is expected to rise as most of the injured are said to be at death's doors.
No group has yet grabbed credit for the blast.
In a different incident, unidentified gunnies shot down two coppers in targeted liquidations in the city of Dera Ghazi Khan, situated in southern
Punjab province.Witnesses say the officers were on a routine patrol when assailants opened fire on their van. One policeman was also injured in the attack.
Local forces have now increased their patrols in the conflict-hit areas.
During recent months, Taliban forces have stepped up their attacks on police forces, in what is seen as retaliation for a recent Pak offensive against the fighters.
More than 4,000 people have bit the dust in kabooms across Pakistain since 2007.