LANDI KOTAL: An army captain and a soldier were seriously injured in a roadside blast in Tirah valley of Khyber Agency on Friday, official sources said.

A vehicle of the security forces was on patrol duty when it hit an improvised explosives device planted on the roadside in the Paindee Cheena area near Zakhakhel bazaar.

The blast left Capt Maqbool and Naik Barat Khattak seriously injured.

Security personnel took the injured to a military hospital.

Meanwhile, a Khasadar who was injured in an attack on Khyber House in 2013 died from his injuries in the Bara on Thursday.

Family sources said that Sepoy Zarghoon Shah of Malakdin Khel tribe was on duty at the main gate of Khyber House in February 2013 when militants affiliated with the banned Lashkar-i-Islam group opened fire on him before storming the building where offices of the political administration were situated.

The sepoy suffered injuries and remained under treatment for several years, but died on Thursday.

Published in Dawn, March 3rd, 2018