Family members stand around a girl injured in the bomb explosion as she receives treatment at a hospital in Bannu, northwest Pakistan, Tuesday, March 4, 2025. (AP Photo/)

Mourners gathered in the northwestern city of Bannu on Wednesday after a pair of suicide bombers drove two vehicles filled with explosives into a security installation in northwestern Pakistan on Tuesday,

A group affiliated with the Pakistani Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack in Bannu, in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, and said that dozens of members of Pakistani security forces were killed.

LAKKI MARWAT: The death toll in the Bannu Can­tonment attack increased to 18 on Wednesday as Pakistan claimed that 16 terrorists who attacked the high-security zone a day earlier were getting instructions from their handlers in Afghanistan.

In Pakistan's Bannu cantonment area, militants attacked with explosives-laden vehicles, killing 13 civilians and five soldiers. The Jaish al-Fursan militant group claimed responsibility. The assault caused considerable destruction,

Those who thirst for our blood keep finding new ways to strike where it hurts the most, and they do so with ruthless precision. On Tuesday, two explosive-laden vehicles smashed into the boundary wall of the main cantonment in Bannu-an installation that shelters both military defence personnel and key civilian institutions-at a time when residents were preparing for their evening prayers.

The president’s praise of the Pakistani government for its role in capturing a “top terrorist” signaled a possible strengthening of counterterrorism ties.

The militants attacked after sunset and most of people were breaking their fast during Ramadan. At least 12 people have been killed in the Pakistan military base attack

An explosion in Bannu, northwestern Pakistan, killed 18 people, including six children. The attack targeted a military base, causing extensive damage to infrastructure and loss of civilian and military lives.