At Least 26 people were killed and 60 others injured in a bomb attack that targeted a market in a tribal region of northwest Pakistan Tuesday.

At Least 26 people were killed and 60 others injured in a bomb attack that targeted a market  in a tribal region of northwest Pakistan Tuesday.

The remote-controlled bomb exploded in a market in Jamrud, one of the towns of the troubled Khyber tribal region, which also used to serve as the main supply route for NATO occupation forces in Afghanistan.

"The death toll in today's blast has now risen to 26 while more than 60 people were injured," said top administration official in Khyber, Mutahir Zeb, updating the death toll.
He said the target of the attack was not yet clear.

"According to initial information, it was a remote controlled device planted in a passenger pickup van," he added.

A senior doctor in a local hospital in Jamrud, Muhammad Anas, earlier said that they had received 18 dead bodies and more than 50 injured people.