A roadside bomb has killed eight people including three women and a child in Pakistan’s northwestern tribal belt near the Afghan border.
The improvised explosive device (IED) exploded in the Maqbal area of Kurram tribal district as a van carrying nine people drove by.
Eight passengers including three women and a seven-year-old boy were killed, senior local government official Basir Khan Wazir told media.
A local intelligence official confirmed the incident and casualties.
No group has claimed responsibility for the attack yet.
Kurrum Agency has frequently been hit by sectarian violence in recent years.
Tribal areas near Afghan border also remain a top target for militant groups, despite a dramatic improvement in security in the country at large in recent years.
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