TIMERGARA, June 28: A girl was killed while six others were injured when a toy bomb went off at Lapakai village of Maidan on Friday, residents and police told Dawn.

They said a girl took the toy bomb to her house after she found it in a nearby dry nullah.

As other children and women of the house gathered around the girl, the toy in her hand exploded with a bang, killing her on the spot. Three women, two boys and a girl of the same family were also injured.

Police said the injured were taken to Lal Qilla hospital. It was not clear whether the toy bomb was thrown there recently or it was lying since long.

The police registered case and started investigation. The Maidan area of Dir Lower had once a stronghold of the proscribed TTP where military operation was launched in 2009.

APP adds from Peshawar: A blast took place near a checkpost of Khasadar Force in Jamrud tehsil of Khyber Agency on Friday morning. However, no loss of life was reported in the incident.

According to political administration officials, unknown miscreants had planted explosives near the check post during night time in Tedy Bazaar on Pak-Afghan Highway that went off with a bang at about 8am on Friday. They said no one was at the check post at the time of the blast.

The Khasadar Force personnel cordoned off the area and started search to arrest the culprits.

Opinion

Editorial

Wheat price crash
Updated 20 May, 2024

Wheat price crash

What the government has done to Punjab’s smallholder wheat growers by staying out of the market amid crashing prices is deplorable.
Afghan corruption
20 May, 2024

Afghan corruption

AMONGST the reasons that the Afghan Taliban marched into Kabul in August 2021 without any resistance to speak of ...
Volleyball triumph
20 May, 2024

Volleyball triumph

IN the last week, while Pakistan’s cricket team savoured a come-from-behind T20 series victory against Ireland,...
Border clashes
19 May, 2024

Border clashes

THE Pakistan-Afghanistan frontier has witnessed another series of flare-ups, this time in the Kurram tribal district...
Penalising the dutiful
19 May, 2024

Penalising the dutiful

DOES the government feel no remorse in burdening honest citizens with the cost of its own ineptitude? With the ...
Students in Kyrgyzstan
Updated 19 May, 2024

Students in Kyrgyzstan

The govt ought to take a direct approach comprising convincing communication with the students and Kyrgyz authorities.