Bajaur was the scene of a major anti-militant operation in August 2008 and in February 2009 and the military said the area had been secured.—File Photo

KHAR: A bomb blast in Pakistan’s northwestern tribal belt on Sunday killed an anti-Taliban militiaman and wounded three others, an official said.

The injured were two other anti-Taliban fighters and a passer-by, senior government official Faaz Mohammad told AFP.

The remote-controlled bomb hit a shop in Salarzai town, about 20 kilometres northeast of Khar, the main city in Bajaur, a part of the lawless tribal belt bordering Afghanistan.

“The bomb destroyed the shop and killed one anti-Taliban fighter,” the official said.

Bajaur was the scene of a major anti-militant operation in August 2008 and in February 2009 and the military said the area had been secured.

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