5 Pakistani security forces killed in bomb blasts  

KABUL (Pajhwok): Five Pakistani security personnel have been killed in two incidents in parts of Khyber Pakh­tunkhwa province, a media report said on Thursday.

Bajaur DPO Abdul Samad Khan said that a roadside bomb went off in the hilly area of Mamund tehsil near Pak-Afghan border.

He said the blast occurred in Teer Banda locality when a joint team of security forces and police were conducting a search operation in the area following an earlier explosion that had targeted a vehicle of a contractor, wounding two persons.

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