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Three killed, dozens wounded, in suicide attack on Pakistan forces

Peshawar: A Taliban suicide bomber killed at least three people and wounded dozens on Tuesday in northwest Pakistan where security forces are fighting the Islamist militants, officials said.

The attack targeted a paramilitary vehicle outside a government compound in the Jamrud area of the Khyber region, official Shaukatullah Afridi, who was meters away from the blast, told Reuters.

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