KOHAT: Militants fired two rockets at a security forces' post in the mountains of Bostikhel in Darra Adamkhel on Sunday. Sources said that the rockets were fired from an unknown direction but no human or material losses were caused.
In retaliation, security forces also fired with heavy artillery at the hideouts of militants, but there was no word about any losses suffered by them. Our correspondent adds from Parachinar: A man was killed and another sustained injuries in a roadside blast in Taida village in Kurram Agency on Sunday, tribal sources said.
The sources said the family of Wahab Ali, a member of the Hazara community in Parachinar, was on way from Taida village to Parachinar, the agency headquarters of Kurram Agency, when their vehicle hit an explosive device planted by militants on the roadside. Two persons identified as Hamid Hussain and Sadiq Ali sustained injuries in the explosion. They were rushed to the Agency Headquarters Hospital in Parachinar where Hamid Hussain succumbed to injuries.
In retaliation, security forces also fired with heavy artillery at the hideouts of militants, but there was no word about any losses suffered by them. Our correspondent adds from Parachinar: A man was killed and another sustained injuries in a roadside blast in Taida village in Kurram Agency on Sunday, tribal sources said.
The sources said the family of Wahab Ali, a member of the Hazara community in Parachinar, was on way from Taida village to Parachinar, the agency headquarters of Kurram Agency, when their vehicle hit an explosive device planted by militants on the roadside. Two persons identified as Hamid Hussain and Sadiq Ali sustained injuries in the explosion. They were rushed to the Agency Headquarters Hospital in Parachinar where Hamid Hussain succumbed to injuries.
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