Six anti-Taliban militiamen killed in blast in northwest Pakistan
A bomb planted by the roadside was detonated when the members of the lashkar reached a check post that was earlier manned by militants, officials said.
Six members of an anti-Taliban 'lashkar' or militia were killed and three others injured today when a bomb went off in the Khyber tribal region of northwest Pakistan, officials said.The bomb planted by the roadside was detonated when the members of the lashkar reached a check post that was earlier manned by militants, officials said.The attack was blamed on the Lashkar-e-Islam, a banned militant group led by Mangal Bagh Afridi.Militant groups like the Lashkar-e-Islam and Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan often target members of private militias set up to fight the insurgents.Scores of pro-government tribesmen have been killed in attacks by the militants.