Landmine blast kills 2 children in NW Pakistan: police

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ISLAMABAD, March 2, 2021 (BSS/Xinhua) – A landmine blast has killed two
children in Pakistan’s northwest tribal district of South Waziristan, police
officials said on Tuesday.

Police told media in the region that two children were killed in the blast
Monday evening.

Officials say that militants had planted a large number of landmines during
their control in parts of the tribal areas including South Waziristan to stop
advance of security forces.

Located along Pakistan-Afghanistan border in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province,
South Waziristan used to be a hotbed of militancy, but the security forces
have successfully flushed out the terrorists from the area in separate armed
offensives.