<p>A powerful bomb blast in a Pakistani town bordering Afghanistan injured nine people, including two security personnel, an official said on Saturday.</p>.<p>The blast took place near the Levies line in Chaman town, which is located few kilometres away from the country's border with Afghanistan.</p>.<p>The bomb fitted on a motorcycle went off close to the Levies quarters on Taj road.</p>.<p>Nine people, including two Levies soldiers, were injured in the blast, the official said.</p>.<p>The blast was directed at a paramilitary official who escaped unhurt in the incident. He was travelling in his car along with his security guards when the explosion occurred, the official said.</p>.<p>Chaman is considered a sensitive town in Baluchistan as it shares a border with Afghanistan's volatile Kandahar province.</p>.<p>In September 2019, a bomb blast killed senior leader of the Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam (JUI-F) Maulana Mohammad Hanif and two others including a young boy in the main bazaar of Chaman.</p>.<p>Pakistan closed its border at Chaman on March 2 due to the outbreak of the coronavirus in some parts of Afghanistan.</p>
<p>A powerful bomb blast in a Pakistani town bordering Afghanistan injured nine people, including two security personnel, an official said on Saturday.</p>.<p>The blast took place near the Levies line in Chaman town, which is located few kilometres away from the country's border with Afghanistan.</p>.<p>The bomb fitted on a motorcycle went off close to the Levies quarters on Taj road.</p>.<p>Nine people, including two Levies soldiers, were injured in the blast, the official said.</p>.<p>The blast was directed at a paramilitary official who escaped unhurt in the incident. He was travelling in his car along with his security guards when the explosion occurred, the official said.</p>.<p>Chaman is considered a sensitive town in Baluchistan as it shares a border with Afghanistan's volatile Kandahar province.</p>.<p>In September 2019, a bomb blast killed senior leader of the Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam (JUI-F) Maulana Mohammad Hanif and two others including a young boy in the main bazaar of Chaman.</p>.<p>Pakistan closed its border at Chaman on March 2 due to the outbreak of the coronavirus in some parts of Afghanistan.</p>