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India Gazette
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- India Gazette
Suicide Bombing Kills 13 Soldiers In Northwestern Pakistan
At least 13 soldiers were killed when a suicide bomber rammed an explosive-laden car into a military convoy in northwestern Pakistan. On June 28, officials in North Waziristan, a district in the northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province, said the bombing near the regions Mir Ali town during a curfew injured 10 more soldiers. At least 14 civilians were wounded in the attack. In Miran Shah, the regional headquarters, an official said the suicide bombing hit a military truck full of soldiers responsible for disposing of bombs and other explosives. Rahmatullah, a resident of Khadi village, the scene of the attack, told RFE/RL's Radio Mashaal that the bombing happened at 6 a.m. local time. He said the powerful bomb injured many women and children and damaged civilian homes. Ali Amin Gandapur, the chief minister of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, condemned the bombing. Hafiz Gul Bahadur group, a local Pakistani Taliban faction in North Waziristan, claimed responsibility for the attack. The relatively small faction has claimed numerous deadly attacks in and around the rural town of Mir Ali in recent years. The restive district of North Waziristan borders Afghanistan. It is one of the regions most affected by the return of the Pakistani Taliban. The Tehrik-e Taliban Pakistan (TTP) is the largest faction of the Pakistani Taliban. Thousands of its fighters have ramped up attacks on Pakistani security forces since the return to power of its allies, the Afghan Taliban, in neighboring Afghanistan in August 2021. The TTPs violence in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa has overshadowed relations between erstwhile allies Pakistan and the Afghan Taliban. Islamabad has repeatedly attacked alleged TTP hideouts inside Afghanistan and demanded that the Afghan Taliban rein in the group from its violent campaign against its security forces.
Qatar Tribune
2 hours ago
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- Qatar Tribune
13 Pakistan soldiers killed in suicide attack
IslamabadcTypeface:> At least 13 soldiers were killed in a deadly suicide attack in Pakistan's north-western tribal region near the Afghan border, officials said on Saturday. The militants targeted an army convey in Mir Ali region of North Waziristan district that once was a stronghold of al-Qaeda and the Taliban. 'At least 13 soldiers were killed in the suicide attack,' a local police official said. Another 24 people including 14 civilians were wounded after an explosive-laden vehicle detonated next to the army vehicle. The death toll is feared to increase as six people including four soldiers were in critical condition. A militant group affiliated with Pakistani Taliban or the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) claimed responsibility for one of the deadliest attacks in recent months in the province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Earlier this week, the army said an officer and a solider were killed by the militants in the province. The TTP is an umbrella group for Islamist militants in the country and has stepped up attacks on the country's security forces following a fragile truce with the government in 2022. (DPA)
United News of India
8 hours ago
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- United News of India
14 Pakistani soldiers killed, 24 injured in suicide car bomb attack in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Islamabad, June 28 (UNI) At least 14 Pakistani soldiers were killed and over 24 injured in a suicide car bomb attack targeting a Pakistani military convoy in the Khaddi area of North Waziristan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.A suicide bomber rammed an explosive-laden vehicle into the military convoy, according to social media reports. The Hafiz Gul Bahadur Group (HGB), a faction of the Pakistani Taliban (TTP) that has strong ties to the Afghan Taliban, has claimed responsibility. However, according to Dawn, eight security personnel were killed in the suicide quoted a statement by KP Chief Minister Ali Amin Gandapur condemning the attack, which took place in the Mir Ali area in North attack comes days after two soldiers were killed in KP's South Waziristan has witnessed an uptick in terror activities, especially in KP and Balochistan, after the TTP ended its ceasefire with the government in November country ranked second in the Global Terrorism Index 2025, with the number of deaths in terrorist attacks rising by 45 per cent over the past year to 1,081, Dawn reported. UNI RN
India Gazette
9 hours ago
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- India Gazette
Pakistani soldiers killed in suicide attack
28 Jun 2025, 16:23 GMT+10 Civilians are among the injured after a suicide bomber rammed an explosive-laden vehicle into a military convoy in North Waziristan A suicide bomber has rammed a vehicle packed with explosives into a military convoy in the North Waziristan district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province in Pakistan. No group has taken responsibility so far, but the area has experienced frequent violence and attacks by a terrorist organization previously linked to the Taliban. The attack on Saturday killed 13 soldiers and injured 29 people, including ten army personnel and 19 civilians, an unnamed local official told AFP. According to a local police officer, the roofs of two houses collapsed due to the explosion, injuring six children. This suicide bombing comes amid an increase in militant assaults across Pakistan. Senior military and political leaders have attributed the increase in violence in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa to Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) militants conducting cross-border attacks from Afghanistan. They allege that Kabul is providing shelter and support to these militants, a claim that the Afghan authorities have denied. Earlier in June, TTP terrorists killed a policeman in the Lakki Marwat district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. When the militants attempted to escape, local residents and security forces chased after them, resulting in one being killed during a shootout, according to police. READ MORE: India has shown zero tolerance for terrorism defense minister According to the Global Terrorist Index, TTP was among four terrorist groups responsible for the most deaths last year. Deaths attributed to TTP nearly doubled from 2023 to 2024. (
News18
10 hours ago
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- News18
16 Pakistani Troops Killed In Suicide Attack; TTP Offshoot Claims Responsibility
Last Updated: A suicide bomber rammed an explosive-laden vehicle into a military convoy in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, killing several soldiers and injuring civilians. At least 16 Pakistani soldiers were killed and more than two dozen others, including civilians, were injured after a suicide bomber rammed an explosive-laden vehicle into a military convoy in the restive Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. 'A suicide bomber rammed an explosive-laden vehicle into a military convoy," said a local government official in the North Waziristan district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. The blast killed 16 soldiers and injured over two dozen others, including civilians. 'The explosion also caused the roofs of two houses to collapse, injuring six children," a police officer posted in the district told AFP. The condition of four injured soldiers is critical, an administrative official added. The attack was claimed by the suicide bomber wing of the Hafiz Gul Bahadur armed group, a faction of the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP). The latest comes amid a surge in violent militant attacks in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. In mid-March, the TTP announced a 'spring campaign" against security forces, threatening 'ambushes, targeted attacks, suicide attacks and strikes". The TTP has since claimed responsibility for around 100 attacks in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Around 290 people, mostly security officials, have been killed in attacks since the start of the year by armed groups fighting the government in both Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan, according to an AFP tally. Attacks have increased in Pakistan in particular since the Taliban returned to power in Afghanistan in August 2021. Islamabad accuses the Taliban government in Kabul of failing to eliminate militants who take refuge on Afghan soil to prepare attacks against Pakistan. The Taliban government denies these accusations and in return accuses Pakistan of harbouring 'terrorist" cells on its soil, pointing the finger in particular at the regional branch of the Islamic State group IS-K. Last year was the deadliest year in almost a decade in Pakistan, with more than 1,600 people killed in attacks — nearly half of them security forces personnel — according to the Islamabad-based Center for Research and Security Studies. (with agency inputs) First Published:
