LANDI Kotal, June 9: A woman and two children were killed when a pickup carrying displaced Kokikhel family from Tirah to Jamrud fell in a deep ravine here on Saturday.

Officials in Jamrud said that a man and his young son were also wounded in the accident.

They said that another woman died at Pak-Afghan border while she along with her family was coming out of Tirah via Torkham border.

All the dead were brought to Jamrud for burial, while the injured were taken to Peshawar hospital for treatment. —Corresponent

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