2 killed, 25 injured in landmine blast in NW Pakistan
KARACHI, Pakistan (AA) – The death toll from a landmine explosion in northwest Pakistan rose to two, while 25 were injured, police said on Thursday.
The incident took place in Shawal area of the restive North Waziristan tribal district that sits near Afghanistan’s border, when a passenger van carrying laborers hit a landmine on Wednesday.
No group has claimed responsibility for the explosion.
Last month, 13 laborers were killed and several others injured in a landmine explosion in the Shawal area.
North Waziristan served as the headquarters of the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan until the group was pushed towards Afghanistan following a series of military operations.
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