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according to reuters, pakistani police said that a convoy of multinational diplomats was attacked by a roadside bomb in khyber pakhtunkhwa province in the north of the country on the 22nd local time. a forward reconnaissance police car triggered the bomb, killing a police officer responsible for security and injuring four others.

the associated press reported that the diplomats in the attacked convoy were from indonesia, portugal, kazakhstan, bosnia and herzegovina, zimbabwe, rwanda, turkmenistan, vietnam, iran, russia and tajikistan.

the delegation was invited to attend the tourism development forum held by the islamabad chamber of commerce and industry in swat valley, khyber pakhtunkhwa province on the 22nd. when the attack occurred, the convoy was heading to a ski resort called malam jaba.

pakistan's foreign ministry said in a statement that the diplomats had returned to islamabad. "we express our sympathy to the police officer's family. we salute the law enforcement agencies that stood firm in the face of terrorists," the statement said. "such actions will not deter pakistan from its commitment to fighting terrorism."

pakistani president zardari and prime minister shahbaz condemned the attack.

on september 22, the russian embassy in pakistan announced through its social media that russian ambassador to pakistan albert khorev was also in the convoy and no one in the diplomatic mission was injured.

khyber pakhtunkhwa province borders afghanistan, pakistantalibanmalam jaba is one of the two ski resorts in pakistan, located about 250 kilometers north of peshawar, the provincial capital.

a senior security official told reuters that after the blast, soldiers and police cordoned off the area and began a search operation, and a curfew was imposed in the area. local police said no one had claimed responsibility for the attack so far.

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