PESHAWAR, Pakistan (Reuters) - A bomb blast in a weekly bazaar killed six people and wounded 14 in Pakistan's tribal region of Khyber on the Afghan border on Friday, a senior government official said.
The blast occurred in Meharban Kaley, a village some 70 km (40 miles) southwest of region's main town of Ladikotal.
"It's a remote area, and what we got is it was a bomb blast in which six people have been killed," Tariq Hayat Khan, security chief of tribal regions, told Reuters.
Another official in the region said 14 people were wounded in the blast.
No one claimed responsibility for the attack.
In recent months, Pakistan has stepped up an assault in Khyber against militants, who want to impose harsh, Taliban-style Islamic rule in the region. The military says Khyber has largely been cleared of militants.
Militants frequently attack supplies trucked through the region to Western forces stationed in Afghanistan.
(Reporting by Ibrahim Shinwari; Writing by Kamran Haider; Editing by Chris Allbritton)
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