Roadside bomb hits security, leaves 3 dead

A Pakistani official says a roadside bomb has hit a security convoy in the country’s south-west, killing three members of the Balochistan Levies, a provincial paramilitary force, and wounding eight.

Ahmad Jan, a senior official of the force, said yesterday’s explosion took place in the Awaran district of Balochistan province. Jan says the bomb was remotely detonated. The Balochistan Levies is a force in charge of maintaining law and order in the tribal areas of the insurgency-plagued province. (AP)