A suicide attack claimed by the Pakistani Taliban killed 16 soldiers and wounded more than two dozen people, including civilians, the French news agency AFP reported.Previously, it was reported that 13 soldiers were killed.
“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, who asked not to be named because he was not authorised to speak to the media.
The attack was claimed by the suicide bomber wing of the Hafiz Gul Bahadur armed group, a faction of the Pakistan Taliban.As per reports, India’s neighbour has witnessed a sharp surge in violence in its regions bordering Afghanistan since the Taliban took control of the nation by returning to Kabul in 2021, with Islamabad accusing its western neighbour of allowing its soil to be used for attacks against Pakistan – a claim the Taliban denies.
“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, who asked not to be named because he was not authorised to speak to the media.
The attack was claimed by the suicide bomber wing of the Hafiz Gul Bahadur armed group, a faction of the Pakistan Taliban.As per reports, India’s neighbour has witnessed a sharp surge in violence in its regions bordering Afghanistan since the Taliban took control of the nation by returning to Kabul in 2021, with Islamabad accusing its western neighbour of allowing its soil to be used for attacks against Pakistan – a claim the Taliban denies.
Primary reports suggested that 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.
(With Inputs From AFP)
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