Blast in Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa kills 5, several injured

At least five people were killed in a bomb explosion in northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province in Pakistan on Thursday.

According to officials, the incident took place in the Tappi Dawar area of North Waziristan district bordering Afghanistan. The blast left scores of others injured who were rushed to a district hospital.

Teams of security forces and police have launched a search operation to nab the terrorists.

Meanwhile, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa chief minister Ali Amin Gandapur condemned the blast and directed authorities to provide the best medical care to the injured.

Gandapur also sought a report from concerned authorities about other explosion cases.

In a separate incident in the province, a suicide bomber blew himself up near a police van in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, police said.

According to the police, the bomber detonated himself shortly after the police van passed by in the jurisdiction of Umarzai Police Station in Charsadda district.

However, no casualties took place due to the explosion owing to the absence of the crowd, a police official said.