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VBIED Blast Kills at Least 11 at Checkpoint

By Drooid · Sep 26, 2026, 6:09 PM UTC · How we work

Summary

Police checkpoint blast

A police checkpoint explosion on the Dera Ismail Khan-Quetta route killed at least 11 people.
The dead include eight men, two women and a child, according to Rescue 1122.
Police said the injured 20 persons include officers, customs staff and two civilians.
Bomb disposal teams were deployed to investigate the blast at the checkpoint near the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa-Balochistan border.
Rescue 1122 continued recovery operations, retrieving victims from the debris.

Summary

Taliban shelters TTP

Gunmen fired on an ambulance, killing a rescue worker and wounding two.
President Asif Ali Zardari and Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif condemned the attack and pledged stronger action.
Pakistani officials accused Afghanistan’s Taliban of sheltering TTP members and urged Kabul to halt cross-border attacks.
The strike followed border clashes that killed at least 13 Afghan Taliban fighters.
China, Turkey, Qatar and Saudi Arabia are mediating to avoid a broader war.

Summary

Residents Protest Govt

Local residents near Darazinda voiced intense anger, accusing the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government of indifference to terrorism.
A VBIED targeted the Aman Mela anti-smuggling checkpoint overseen by Regional Police Officer Khan Mubashir Malik.
Inspector General of Police Zulfikar Hameed ordered a search and clearance operation.
Emergency Officer Muhammad Arif Khan dispatched ambulances.

History

Historical Context

Mid-2009 the Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan launched a wave of suicide bombings against tribal security posts, including a 27 August blast that killed 22 border guards at a Khyber Agency checkpoint and earlier attacks that killed four policemen in Bajaur. These repeated assaults on checkpoints across the Khyber and Bajaur agencies underscored a growing insurgency that continues to shape Pakistan’s counter-terrorism policies.

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Police checkpoint blast

A police checkpoint explosion on the Dera Ismail Khan-Quetta route killed at least 11 people.
The dead include eight men, two women and a child, according to Rescue 1122.
Police said the injured 20 persons include officers, customs staff and two civilians.
Bomb disposal teams were deployed to investigate the blast at the checkpoint near the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa-Balochistan border.
Rescue 1122 continued recovery operations, retrieving victims from the debris.

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