Two children, four security officers killed in latest Pakistan attacks

A police officer stands guard as a health worker, center, administers a polio vaccine to a child in a neighbourhood of Peshawar, Pakistan, Monday, October 28, 2024. 

A roadside bomb exploded near a vehicle carrying security forces in restive northwestern Pakistan, killing four officers and wounding five others, officials have revealed.

The roadside bombing on security forces happened on Wednesday in Pakistan’s South Waziristan district, a former stronghold of the Pakistani Taliban, local police officer Dilawar Khan said.