Peshawar, Mar 8 (AP) An IED blast left two security officials dead and two injured in Pakistan's northwestern province Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, official sources said.

The roadside IED explosion on Friday allegedly targeted a vehicle of the security forces in the Mulla Said area of Salarzai, Bajaur district in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa which borders Afghanistan.

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Security forces rushed to the site and cordoned off the entire area. A combing search operation was launched to arrest the perpetrators of the blast.

No group has claimed responsibility for the blast yet. AYZ PTI

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