Conflict & Security
Suicide bombing at police checkpoint kills 11 in northwest Pakistan
September 26, 2026 at 01:27 PM
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4 reports · 3 in Arabic, 1 in English · over 2 hours
MAMasrawy
مقتل 11 شخصًا وإصابة 30 في انفجار بباكستان | مصراوي
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BABBC Arabic
عاجل: مقتل 11 شخصاً في هجوم بسيارة مفخخة استهدف نقطة أمنية في شمال غربي باكستان - BBC News عربي
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AJAl Jazeera English
Bombing in Pakistan’s Dera Ismail Khan kills at least 11 people
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AJAl Jazeera Arabic
عاجل | مقتل 11 شخصا وإصابة 30 في انفجار بمدينة ديرا إسماعيل خان شمال غرب باكستان
(opens the publisher’s site)A suicide bombing at a police checkpoint in Dera Ismail Khan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, killed at least 11 people, police and rescue officials said Saturday.
- At least 11 people, including seven security personnel, were killed and 30 wounded when a suicide bomber rammed an explosives-laden vehicle into a checkpoint, police said.
- Two women and a child were among the dead, according to police.
- Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) claimed responsibility for the attack in a statement.
- The bombing came two days after Pakistan announced airstrikes against suspected militant positions in Afghanistan.
- Security sources said the blast came in response to an attempted incursion into Pakistani territory, with intermittent exchanges of fire continuing along the border.