Peshawar-bound bus attacked in Afghanistan; 11 killed

Due to the closure of the Tull-Parachinar road, passengers from the area these days take the Afghanistan route to reach Peshawar.

PESHAWAR: Eleven people were killed on Saturday when unknown armed men fired on a passenger bus in Afghanistan’s Waza area, DawnNews reported.

The bus had initially departed from Parachinar and was on its way to Peshawar via Afghanistan.

Due to the closure of the Tull-Parachinar road, passengers from the area these days take the Afghanistan route to reach Peshawar.

Today’s incident occurred when the bus was crossing Afghanistan’s Waza area in the war-torn country’s Paktia province.

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