At least seven people were killed in two roadside bomb blasts in Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. The first blast targeted a pickup truck carrying passengers, killing five, while a second IED detonated as injured were being transported to the hospital, killing two more. Prime Minister Sharif condemned the attacks and vowed to eliminate terrorism.
Afghanistan's Taliban government claimed its forces conducted airstrikes on militant hideouts in Pakistan's Balochistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa provinces. Pakistan's information ministry vehemently denied the claims, stating no such strikes occurred and only a drone from Afghanistan was intercepted.
Police in Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province have arrested Sher Shah, the main suspect in the murder of a Sikh caretaker couple inside a gurdwara in Mardan district. The motive remains unclear, and no links to banned organizations have been found.
At least 17 people were killed and five injured when a speeding minibus collided with a parked bus on Pakistan's Swat Expressway in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. Driver negligence is suspected as the cause, with investigations ongoing.
The death toll from a suicide attack on a security post in northwest Pakistan rose to 14 police officers, authorities said early on Sunday. A self-proclaimed breakaway group of the Pakistani 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 on Saturday, senior police official Sajjad Khan said. The attack triggered an intense shoot-out, and some...
