Pakistani security officials in the border areas. Photo: AFP/File

KURRAM: Three landmine explosions in Kurram Agency resulted in the deaths of three security personnel.

Officials of the political administration in Kurram Agency said the explosions, caused by landmines, occurred in the border town of Kharlachi as the Frontier Corps troops were on a patrol. 

Bodies of the martyred officials and the injured were taken to a hospital in the agency's headquarters, Parachinar.

A search operation was launched by security forces after the incident. 

Four security officials injured in roadside blast in Kurram Agency

The officials were on routine patrol near the Afghan border when the incident occurred

On September 27 this year, four security personnel were injured when two roadside bombs exploded near their vehicle close to the Afghan border in Kurram Agency.

Officials of the political administration said the incident occurred in Shorki, Lower Kurram.

Kurram Agency borders three provinces of Afghanistan and witnesses several cross-border attacks.