"Two soldiers and one civilian were killed in the blast," official said.

A roadside bomb killed on Saturday three people in Pakistan including two paramilitary soldiers, officials said.

The soldiers were killed during a routine patrol in Ibrahimzai, a town in  northwest Pakistan's tribal district of Orakzai.

"Two soldiers and one civilian were killed in the blast," Abdul Qadir, a local administration official, told AFP news agency.
Seven other people -- one soldier and six civilians -- were wounded in the explosion near the bazaar in Ibrahimzai, he said.

A military official in the provincial capital Peshawar confirmed the incident, saying the wounded had been taken to the local hospital.