.- At least four people were killed and two wounded by the explosion of a car bomb in Pakistan's Khyber tribal area bordering Afghanistan, said a police source told Efe. The attack happened in Bara district when a vehicle was passing the area, but the source could not determine whether those killed were civilians or members of the security forces.
Bara is the scene of frequent clashes between fundamentalists and criminal factions competing for control of the strategic Khyber Pass, the main road link between Pakistan and Afghanistan. The fighting between the army and insurgent groups are constant both in the mountainous tribal areas and in the adjacent province of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa.
The heaviest fighting occurred during the last week in the Mohmand region, further north, where the UN has warned that it is expected that six thousand families will be displaced by the hostilities. The fundamentalists threaten with special diligence against the security forces but also against anti-Taliban militias, government targets, places of worship or markets. 
Bara is the scene of frequent clashes between fundamentalists and criminal factions competing for control of the strategic Khyber Pass, the main road link between Pakistan and Afghanistan. The fighting between the army and insurgent groups are constant both in the mountainous tribal areas and in the adjacent province of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa.
The heaviest fighting occurred during the last week in the Mohmand region, further north, where the UN has warned that it is expected that six thousand families will be displaced by the hostilities. The fundamentalists threaten with special diligence against the security forces but also against anti-Taliban militias, government targets, places of worship or markets.
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