PESHAWAR: A nine-year-old girl was killed, three
other children were wounded on Monday when a bomb exploded near their
school gate in a tribal region in northwestern Pakistan, officials said.
The bombing took place outside a village
school in the tense North Waziristan region where the Pakistani military has been ba
ttling Taliban militants since J
une 2014.
“A nine-year-old girl was killed and three
other children between eight
to 10 years old were wounded when explosives planted close to their
school gate exploded when they opened it,” a local government official told AFP.
A local security official also confirmed the blast.
The tribal areas are off-limits to journalists and it is impossible to independently verify incidents.
The army launched an operation in J
une 2014 in North Waziristan to wipe out militant bases in the region and bring an end to a bloody insurgency that has cost thousands of lives since 2004.
