Official: Roadside Bomb Kills 9 People in Northwest Pakistan

A Pakistani local government official says a roadside bombing has hit a minivan in the country's northwestern tribal region, killing nine people.    Arif Khan, a tribal administration official in the town of Parachinar, says the blast ripped through the van as it was travelling through a minority Shiite region of the Kurram tribal area, which borders Afghanistan.   The area has long been the scene of sectarian violence.   The official says a woman and two...

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