Islam Times - 3 Security Forces Killed in Roadside Bomb in NW Pakistan

Islam Times - Three security forces personnel have been killed and two others injured in a blast targeting a vehicle carrying polio workers in northwest Pakistan’s restive Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province.

The incident occurred in the Daraban area of Dera Ismail Khan district on Tuesday when a security forces vehicle enroute for polio duty was struck by a roadside blast triggered through an improvised explosive device, the Hindu reported.

No group has claimed responsibility for the attack so far. The attack comes a day after a polio worker and a police constable were shot dead in separate incidents in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province as the country began a week-long polio eradication campaign amid tight security.

Unidentified assailants opened fire and killed a polio worker in Bannu district on the very first day of the anti-polio drive that commenced across Pakistan on Monday.

Police said that the deceased polio worker was on his way to duty when he was attacked in Kala Khel Masti Khan.