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AFP, Peshawar

At least six people were killed and nine others injured Thursday in a series of landmine blasts in a Pakistani tribal area bordering Afghanistan, an official said.

The blasts took place in Kurram district, where pro-Taliban militants are active and which has a history of sectarian and tribal violence.

No one claimed responsibility for the blasts, but similar bombings have been blamed on suspected pro-Taliban militants.

Three people were killed and six others injured when a pick-up carrying vegetables struck a landmine in Arawali village, local official Attaur Rehman told reporters.

In Marokhel, a tractor pulling a trolley hit a landmine, killing three people and injuring two others, he said.

In another incident, a man lost his leg when he passed over a landmine in the village of Magnek, Rehman said.

Separately, authorities on Thursday found the bullet-riddled body of a man in a wooden box in the tribal district of North Waziristan, with a note accusing him of spying on militants, a local official there told AFP.

Militants have killed several tribesmen they accused of spying for government and coalition forces across the border in Afghanistan. They are also opposed to "Western-funded" NGOs working in health and education sectors.