Who was behind deadly Kurram Agency blast that killed at least 8 people
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KURRAM AGENCY – Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) was reportedly involved in the landmine blast that claimed lives of eight citizens in Kurram Agency.
Sources told that the planning of the blast was carried out in Afghanistan.
Earlier on Tuesday, an improvised explosive device exploded near Ghoz Garhi area as a van carrying nine people drove by, confirmed senior local government official Basir Khan Wazir. ------------------------------
On the other hand, BBC study reveals Afghan Taliban openly operate in 70 percent of the area and fully controlling 4 percent of the country and demonstrating an open physical presence in another 66 percent.
The BBC estimate, which it said was based on conversations with more than 1,200 individual local sources in all districts of the South Asian country, was significantly higher than the most recent assessment by the NATO-led coalition of the Taliban’s presence.
Afghanistan has been reeling over the past nine days from a renewed spate of violence that is adding scrutiny to the latest, more aggressive U.S.-backed strategy to bolster Afghan forces battling the Taliban in a 16-year-old war.
