One killed, two injured in blast in Pakistan
One person was killed and two others were seriously injured when a bomb exploded in Pakistan's restive Khyber tribal agency bordering Afghanistan on Wednesday.
The bomb went off in a scrap godown at Shah Qas Jamrud in Khyber Agency, said tehsildar Khalid Khan Kundi.
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