KURRAM AGENCY: Six members of a family, including three women, were killed on Tuesday when a roadside bomb blew off near their car in the Maqbal area of Kurram Agency, thepolitical administration said.
Local government official Akbar Iftikhar told Reuters three women and three men died on the spot.
Another family member injured in the explosion was taken to the Agency Headquarter Hospital in Parachinar, where he was administered first aid and then transported to Peshawar for further treatment.
A number of soldiers and civilians have lost their lives in IED blasts in the agency, located on the Pak-Afghan border.
Four security officials, including a captain, were martyred and three injured in an IED blast in Kharlachi, Kurram Agency, in October last year.
Three officials were killed instantly while three were injured, according to the political administration of the agency.