Blast kills 3 in border town

An official said three people are dead after a powerful explosion ripped through a small town in the Bajour tribal region on the border with Afghanistan. Aslam Khan, a government official in the area, said at least 25 people were also injured in the explosion on Friday in Char Mang district of the Bajour tribal region, an unsettled area of northwest Pakistan where Taliban insurgents have carried out numerous attacks.