KHAR, Pakistan -- A government official says a pickup truck hit a
roadside bomb in northwest Pakistan near the Afghan border, killing at
least five people.
Adalat
Khan says several other people were wounded in the bombing. The
incident occurred Thursday in the Chamarkand area of the Bajur tribal
region. Khan is a local administrator in the area.
The
Pakistani army has carried out several operations in Bajur in an
attempt to defeat Pakistani Taliban fighters holed up in the area. AP
