Bomb attack injures political agent, two others in Hangu

E-Paper | May 08, 2026

HANGU: A remote-controlled explosion struck the convoy of a political administration officer in Hangu Thursday, leaving him and two others injured, DawnNews reported.

Farid Khan, the SHO at Thal police station said Kurram Agency Chief Administrator Riaz Mehsud was travelling with his convoy to Peshawar when his vehicle was targeted with a remote-controlled bomb in Tor Gar area of Thal tehsil in Hangu.

Khan said that Riaz Mehsud and assistant political agents Fazle Qadir and tehsildar Ashgar were injured in the bomb attack.

The wounded were immediately shifted to Combined Military Hospital.

Khan said that a search operation was started in the areas and the army and police was combing the vicinity for the culprits.

During the search operation, security forces seized an explosive-laden vehicle and arrested four suspects, confirmed DSP Thal police Muhhammad Ashraf.

Earlier on March 5, a roadside bomb targeted a security forces’ convoy in Hangu district, killing six Frontier Corps personnel and injuring eight others.

Hangu borders the northwestern tribal region of Orakzai, one of Pakistan's seven lawless districts on the Afghan border considered to be the hub of Taliban and Al Qaeda-linked militants.

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Khalid Rahim

Mar 06, 2014 01:47pm

If TTP has said that they will observe ceasefire for one month then who is doing these Bomb blasts. Our Government should focus on finding out these culprits, otherwise this peace dialogue will not do good for the country.

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Farah Caren

Mar 06, 2014 04:08pm

Govt is not a Govt but a small group of few people and they all are divided among themselves the pm and cm is busy safeguarding their own family and family interests. So remains the AWAM whom rest in peace. May Allah mercy on their souls.

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athar

Mar 06, 2014 06:33pm

As many politicians have feared that it is the wish of India. USA, Europe, UK and Israel to sabotage the ongoing ceasefire and negotiation between Taliban and govt of Pakistan, the advice of full fledged operation against North Waziristan given by MQM and other elements be ignored and chance be given to dialog as stated by PM. We should learn lesson from the past history of 1971.

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Basit Ali

Mar 06, 2014 07:43pm

Our feeble and incompetent federal and KP governments will form a Committee of Mullahs to investigate this and the killing and injuring of over a dozen FC troops in Hangu. The government is not willing to protect the lives of Pakistanis at the hands of murderous terrorists of TTP and ALL of its affiliates. PM has tied the hands of the military and is letting TTP give body blows to the country. No leader of any country will do what our government does, not of India, not of Sri Lanka, not of Iran, or China, or even Afghanistan. How unfortunate is Pakistan.

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Irfan Baloch

Mar 07, 2014 04:13am

what kind of ceasefire is that?

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Amir Banagsh

Mar 07, 2014 01:55pm

May Allah save the lives of persons injured in the attack by terrorists.

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