Khyber: Security forces held 25 suspects, seized explosives

Security forces nabbed around 25 suspected terrorists including some foreigners and seized suicide vests and explosive material from their possession in a search operation in Khyber tribal region on Wednesday. The troops in a raid in Bara Shalobar area of Khyber Agency arrested 25 suspects including Afghan nationals and transferred them to an undisclosed place for interrogation. The forces captured 20 explosives laden vehicles along with suicide vests and munitions. Earlier, five troops were injured when a remote control bomb hit a security forces convoy in Bara tehsil of the Khyber tribal region. According to sources, the convoy was heading to an FC camp when it came under attack. The injured troops had been shifted to the CMH Hospital Peshawar. Security forces had cordoned off the area and launched a search operation in the wake of the attack.