Local government officials and police officials told the AFP on Saturday that at least 16 Pakistani troops were killed in a suicide attack, claimed by the Pakistani Taliban.
29 people were injured in an attack in northwest Pakistan, including 10 army personnel and 19 citizens.
“A suicide bomber inserted an explosive Laden vehicle into a military convoy,” said a local government official in North Waziristan district of Khyber Punkankahwa province.
A police officer informed the AFP that the blast, injuring six children, demolished the roofs of two houses.
The attack was claimed by the suicide bomber wing of Hafiz Gul Bahadur Armed Group, which is affiliated to the Pakistani Taliban.
Since the Taliban returned to power in Kabul in 2021, there has been a significant increase in violence in Afghanistan’s border Pakistani region.
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Edited by: Keran Burke
