Pakistan : In Pakistan, at least six members of an anti-Taliban lashkar or militia have been killed and three others injured when a bomb went off in the Khyber tribal region of northwest Pakistan today.

The Official said the bomb planted by the roadside was detonated when the members of the lashkar reached a check post that was earlier manned by militants.

The attack was blamed on the Lashkar-e-Islam, a banned militant group led by Mangal Bagh Afridi.