GHALANAI: Two peace volunteers were killed in a roadside blast in Ambar tehsil of Mohmand Agency on Saturday.

Sources said that Hazrat Noor and Mohammad Gul were going to Daroo bazaar on a motorcycle when an improvised explosive device placed on the road in the Sanger Khawar area went off.

Noor died on the spot. Gul was critically injured and taken to hospital where he died after a while.

They had both remained members of a peace committee in the Mohmand tribal region.

After the incident, security personnel launched a search operation in the area. However, no arrest was reported.

Published in Dawn, November 29th, 2015

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