A group of TTP-affiliated terrorists stormed the Bannu Cantonment facility in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on Monday and were repelled by security forces. After this, they rammed an explosive-laden vehicle into the wall, causing it to collapse and kill the soldiers.
Seven members of the Pakistani Army were killed in an IED blast targeting a convoy carrying security personnel in the Lakki Marwat district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, bordering Afghanistan. The area has been known for insurgent attacks by radical Islamist groups led by Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP).
The blast occurred on late Friday when the security forces were on patrolling duty in Sra Bangla and Tarkhanan area of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. The police has initiated an investigation to hunt down the perpetrators of the attack on the Pakistan Army.
These attacks come days after 23 soldiers were killed in a suicide bombing in Dera Ismail Khan, which is considered the deadliest attack on the country's military this year. Khyber Pakhtunkhwa has become the hotspot for terrorist attacks as 470 people were killed in 1,050 incidents in 2023.
Islamabad: At least 37 militants, including some foreign fighters believed to be involved in the deadly Wagah Border attack, were killed today by Pakistani military which also lost six soldiers in the restive northwestern tribal
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