powerful explosion kills 3 and wounding 14 others in northwest pakistan.
font size="2" face="arial">A powerful bomb blast killed at least three people and wounded 17 others, on Thursday, which damaged a customs office in Torkham, a city in Tribal tegion of Khyber Agency along the Pak-Aghan Border.
font size="2" face="arial">According security officials, blast took place near custom house picket where vehicle were being checked at Pak-Aghan border.
font size="2" face="arial">Wounded were shifted to nearby hospitals.
font size="2" face="arial">Security forces rushed to the blast site and cordon off the whole area.
There was no immediate word from police that what was the nature of blast.
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font size="2" face="arial">Torkham is the other border crossing in the northwest that connects Nangarhar province of Afghanistan with the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KPK) province of Pakistan.
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