GHALLANAI/PARACHINAR, Dec 22: A man was killed and three others were injured in a roadside bomb blast in Safi tehsil of Mohmand Agency on Wednesday.

According to sources, the explosive device went off in Ziarat Chowk of Safi tehsil and destroyed the jeep of a local marble contractor. They said that Irshad was killed while Haider Zaman, Zahir Shah and Hazrat Ali were seriously injured in the blast.

Meanwhile, two passengers were injured when militants opened firing on a convoy in Chhapari area of Kurram Agency on Wednesday.

The convoy, escorted by security forces, was on its way from Parachinar to Peshawar when militants attacked it. The injured men were identified as Syed Sajid Ali Shah and Khan. A few vehicles were also damaged in the firing.

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