11 soldiers, 1 child killed in Pakistan after explosive-laden vehicle rams security post

SCMP · 2026-02-17
11 soldiers, 1 child killed in Pakistan after explosive-laden vehicle rams security post

A suicide bomber backed by a group of gunmen rammed an explosive-laden vehicle into the wall of a security post after troops signalled for it to stop in a former Pakistani Taliban stronghold in northwestern Pakistan, causing part of the compound to collapse and killing 11 soldiers and a child, the m