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PESHAWAR: At least two people were injured in rocket attack at a political gathering in NA-41 constituency of South Waziristan's Wana area on Friday.

A political rally of Nasir Ahmed was underway in Wana when a rocket landed from an unknown direction injuring two persons.

Further details were not available till the filing of this report.

Moreover two children and a woman were killed in an explosion in Buner's Shawai Jangay area on Thursday.

Local political admin sources said that the incident was not terrorism related and that the children had found a toy-looking explosive device which exploded after they had brought it home and were busy playing with it.

In another incident militants in Lower Orakzai region ambushed security personnel in Dabori area.

Three security personnel were injured in the attack, sources told Dawn.com adding that at least five militants were killed in retaliatory action by security forces.

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