Jirga blast kills 7 in Kurram
KURRAM AGENCY – At least seven people including a schoolteacher were killed and six others got injured when a bomb went off at a jirga here on Monday.
According to details, a jirga of the tribal elders was in progress to settle a dispute with regard to ownership of a…
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