Pakistan Suicide Attack

A worker clear rubble with an excavator as a police officer and local residents gather at the site of overnight suicide bombing at a security post in Fatah Khel, in Bannu, a district in Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province bordering Afghanistan, Sunday, May 10, 2026.

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Death toll rises to 14 in a Pakistan suicide attack claimed by a Pakistani Taliban splinter group

Death toll rises to 14 in a Pakistan suicide attack claimed by a Pakistani Taliban splinter group

Authorities say the death toll from a suicide attack on a security post in northwest Pakistan has risen to 14 police officers. A self-proclaimed breakaway group of the Pakistani Taliban has claimed responsibility. The attack occurred late Saturday when a suicide bomber and gunmen detonated an explosives-laden vehicle near the post in Bannu, a district in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. The explosion triggered a shootout, and some officers were killed in the exchange, while others died after the building collapsed. Rescuers conducted an hourslong search operation to retrieve bodies. Security forces have launched an operation to track down the perpetrators.