Three levies personnel injured in IED blast in Bajaur Agency

F.P. Report

BAJAUR AGENCY: As many as three Levies officials were injured in an improvised explosive device (IED) blast in Khara area of Bajaur agency on Tuesday.

The officials claimed that the polio team was the main target of IED but they survived the blast while administering polio drops to children of the area.

The injured were shifted to District Headquarters Hospital after the incident.

Fieldworkers and security forces involved in anti-polio drives in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa have often been targeted by militants.