Bomb kills eight police, security workers in Pakistan valley

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PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AFP) — At least eight police and security workers were killed Saturday when a remote-controlled bomb exploded near their vehicle in northwestern Pakistan's troubled Swat valley, officials said.

Another five policemen were wounded in the blast in the valley's Kabal district, local police officer Alam Khan said. "Their condition is very serious," Khan told AFP.

The dead included six police and two paramilitary soldiers, he said.

The roadside blast followed the launch Tuesday of a security operation in the former tourist resort after militants killed three Pakistani intelligence officials and dozens of rebels attacked a checkpost.

Officials said the police party was returning to base after a search operation in Kabal district when...