Peshawar: A suicide bomber blew up a vehicle loaded with explosives near the outer wall of a military establishment in the northwestern region of Pakistan early Monday. Also, one of his companions blew up his jacket, injuring eight civilians and damaging nearby houses. A local police officer gave this information. Police officer Tahir Khan said that the attackers carried out this attack in an attempt to enter the army office and security forces’ residence in Bannu city, however, the security forces took immediate action in this ‘attack’ and foiled the attackers’ attempt.

Search operation started
Tahir Khan said that the security forces have started a search operation to locate the terrorists and the area is being monitored through helicopters. Local officials said that several soldiers were also injured in this attack. The government or the army has not commented immediately on this attack.

No one took responsibility

Bannu is in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province bordering Afghanistan and terrorist attacks have increased in the province in recent years. In January 2023, a suicide bomber disguised as a policeman attacked a mosque in the northwestern city of Peshawar, killing 101 people. Most of the dead were police officers. No organization has yet claimed responsibility for the attack, but it is suspected that the Pakistani Taliban is responsible for the attack. The Pakistani Taliban have carried out several attacks on security forces across the country in recent months. The Pakistani Taliban is known as the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP). It is a separate group but is considered an ally of the Afghan Taliban.