GHALANAI, Feb 22: The vehicular traffic was disrupted in Haleemzai tehsil of Mohmand tribal region when an improvised explosive device went off on Barokehl-Sultankhel Road.

Local sources said that the explosive device was planted by unidentified persons on the night between Friday and Saturday. They said that the explosive device went off early in the morning and destroyed a culvert on the road completely.

Later, political administration conducted a search operation in Barokhel area and detained two persons under the collective territorial responsibility clause of FCR. The detained tribesmen were shifted to a lockup in Ghalanai for interrogation, source said.