According to officials, a suicide attack in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province in northwestern Pakistan resulted in the deaths of more than a dozen soldiers and the injuries of dozens of people.
According to a local media outlet, Khyber Chronicles, which cited security sources, the attack occurred on Saturday at Khadi Market, Mir Ali, North Waziristan.
13 people were killed when the attacker reportedly detonated explosives close to a vehicle used for bomb disposal, according to security officials.
According to the report, the attack also caused at least 24 injuries to at least 24 personnel, including 14 civilians.
A local government official in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province district of North Waziristan separately reported to the AFP news agency that a suicide bomber had rammed an explosive-laden vehicle into a military convoy.
Among the injured are children.
Six children were injured when the roofs of two houses collapsed as a result of the explosion, according to a police officer posted in the district.
In Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, one of the single-day attacks on security forces in recent months was one of the deadliest.
The Pakistani military did not respond right away.
The Hafiz Gul Bahadur armed group, a branch of the Pakistan Taliban, or TPP, claimed responsibility for the attack.
Since the Taliban’s rule over Kabul in 2021, violence has increased significantly in Pakistan’s border regions, with Islamabad accusing its western neighbor of allowing attacks against Pakistan, a claim the Taliban refutes.
According to an AFP count, about 290 people have been killed in attacks on the government in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan since the start of the year, mainly security officials.
Source: Aljazeera
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