Suicide car bomb kills 12 troops at a security post in northwestern Pakistan

Associated Press

PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — A suicide bomb attack at a security post in northwestern Pakistan has killed 12 troops, military sources and officials said. Tuesday’s attack happened in Bannu, a district in restive Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province where the Pakistani Taliban and other insurgents have stepped up attacks in recent months. A breakaway faction of the Pakistani Taliban, known as the Hafiz Gul Bahadur group, claimed responsibility for the attack. Pakistan has witnessed a steady increase in violence since November 2022, when the Pakistani Taliban ended a cease-fire with the government in Islamabad.