Suicide bombing leaves 14 police dead in Pakistan
A newly formed militant group claimed responsibility as rescuers recovered bodies from the collapsed outpost and hospitals declared emergencies.
- Late Saturday, militants detonated an explosives-laden vehicle at the Fateh Khel police checkpoint in Bannu, killing 14 officers in a coordinated suicide assault claimed by the militant group Ittehad-ul-Mujahideen Pakistan.
- Attackers used a suicide vehicle-borne explosive device, quadcopters, and heavy weaponry to ambush the outpost, then seized police personnel and weapons while retreating from the rubble-strewn site.
- President Asif Ali Zardari condemned the attack, claiming "terrorists operating from sanctuaries in Afghanistan under the Taliban administration" target civilians and law enforcement; Kabul denies these accusations.
- On Sunday, hundreds gathered in Bannu for funerals of the fallen officers as Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif pledged federal support for counter-terrorism efforts and security forces launched tracking operations.
- Khyber Pakhtunkhwa accounted for more than 90% of militant incidents in 2025, underscoring regional volatility as authorities maintain emergency status in local hospitals and continue search efforts for missing personnel.
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A suicide bomber rammed a vehicle loaded with explosives into a police checkpoint in northwest Pakistan near the border with Afghanistan, killing at least 15 police officers and wounding three others, local authorities said, according to foreign news agencies.
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Authorities report that the death toll from a suicide attack on a security post in northwest Pakistan has risen to 14 police officers. A self-proclaimed breakaway group of the Pakistani Taliban has claimed responsibility. The attack occurred late Saturday when…
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Japan TodayDeath toll rises to 14 in Pakistan suicide attack
PESHAWAR, Pakistan — The death toll from a suicide attack on a security post in northwest Pakistan rose to 14 police officers, authorities said early Sunday. A self-proclaimed breakaway group of the Pakistan Taliban has claimed the attack. A suicide bomber and several gunmen detonated an explosives-laden vehicle near the post in Bannu, a district in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province bordering Afghanistan, late Saturday, said senior police official Saj…
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