At least 38 people were killed and 20 others were injured in a gunman's attack on a convoy of vehicles in Pakistan's Kurram Agency.

This was reported by the Associated Press.

"Gunmen opened fire on passenger vehicles carrying Shia Muslims in Pakistan's restive northwest region, killing at least 38 people, including six women, and wounding 20 others," the article says.

Several of the injured are in critical condition.

The agency, citing police, notes that the attack was the largest in the region in recent years.

It is noted that no one has yet claimed responsibility for the attack.

Earlier, 27 people were killed in a terrorist attack on a railway station in the Pakistani city of Quetta.