PESHAWAR: An improvised explosive device (IED) blast near the North and Waziristan border on Sunday killed three security personnel including an Army officer, DawnNews reported.

Security sources said that three other security personnel were seriously injured in the incident.

“At least three security forces personnel including an officer embraced shahadat (martyrdom) and three others sustained critical injuries after an improvised explosive device planted by terrorists along the road went off,” the military said in a statement.

Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has condemned the incident and offered his condolonces to the family members of the deceased personel.

Meanwhile in Peshawar, militants threw explosive material in front of the house of a CNW official.

The bomb disposal squad said that 500 grams of explosives material was used in the blast, which caused damaged to the house.

Also in Peshawar, militants fired two rockets from an area near the airport which exploded within the airport limits.

No injuries or damage were reported in the incident.