Pakistan:13 soldiers killed in suicide bomb attack

in Pakistan, a suicide bomber drove an explosive-laden vehicle into a military convoy in North Waziristan district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, killing 13 soldiers and injuring 10 others, along with 19 civilians, a local government official told news agency AFP.“The explosion also caused the roofs of two houses to collapse, injuring six children,” a police officer posted in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa told AFP..The attack was claimed by the suicide bomber wing of the Hafiz Gul Bahadur armed group, a faction of the Pakistan Taliban. the region has seen frequent unrest and attacks by the Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP). According to the Global Terrorism Index 2025, Pakistan recorded a 45% rise in terrorism-related deaths, jumping from 748 in 2023 to 1,081 in 2024 — placing it second globally in terms of terrorist fatalities.

Armed Baloch nationalist groups on Friday claimed responsibility for a series of coordinated attacks targeting Pakistani military camps and vehicles transporting minerals in Kalat, Mastung, and Chaghi districts of Balochistan, resulting in casualties and damage.