Key facts
- Eleven people were killed and 30 injured in a blast in Dera Ismail Khan on Saturday.
- The blast occurred in the Hathala area of Dera Ismail Khan’s Kulachi.
- Two police officers were killed and seven others injured when an IED struck an armored police vehicle on Thursday.
- Seven militants were killed in three separate counter-terrorism operations across Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province.
A blast in Dera Ismail Khan in northwestern Pakistan on Saturday killed 11 people and injured 30, according to emergency service Rescue 1122. The incident occurred in a region that has previously seen attacks by militant groups.
On Thursday, two police officers were killed and seven others injured when an improvised explosive device (IED) struck an armored police vehicle in the Hathala area of Dera Ismail Khan’s Kulachi. Sohail Afridi, Chief Minister of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, condemned the attack and vowed that those responsible would be brought to justice.
Meanwhile, Pakistan’s military announced that its forces killed seven militants in three separate counter-terrorism operations across Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. These operations are part of an ongoing campaign against foreign-backed terrorist networks, with specific operations in Mohmand, Lakki Marwat, and Tank districts.