PESHAWAR: At least six security officials were killed and one injured on early hours of Saturday when an improvised explosive devise (IED) targeted a security forces' convoy in Mohmand Agency.

According to official sources, In Mohmand Agency’s Pindiali tehsil, a security forces' convoy was hit by a roadside bomb.

The injured soldiers were later shifted to a hospital.

After the incident, security forces cordoned off the area and began a search operation.

According to Pakistan Army's Inter Service Public Relations (ISPR), the security forces were dispatched to Pindiali earlier for a search operation as the militants had blown up a school in Sher Malik village situated in the Utmanzai area of Pindiali.

In a separate incident, militants attacked the house of a member of a peace committee Alam Sher in Wacha Jawara area of Utmanzai in Pindiali.

This attack comes against the backdrop of military action ongoing in parts of the North Waziristan tribal region which has killed over 80, including 75 suspected militants.

Mohmand is one of Pakistan’s seven tribal agencies near the Afghan border which are rife with homegrown insurgents and are said to be strongholds of Taliban and al Qaeda operatives.

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