Pakistan: Roadside bombing kills 6 near Afghanistan border
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}A Pakistani official says a roadside bomb has killed six members of a family in a tribal region near the Afghan border.
Rafiq Khattak, a tribal official, says the family was travelling on Tuesday from the village of Muqbil to the village of Boshera to attend a funeral service in the Kurram tribal region when the planted bomb destroyed their vehicle.
He says three women were among the fatalities. A seventh person in the vehicle was wounded and is in hospital, in critical condition.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}No group immediately claimed responsibility for the attack. Islamic militants operate in the area, and the Pakistani military has carried out several operations there, trying to rout the extremists.