BAJAUR, KHYBER PAKHTUNKHWA: Armed militants launched an attack on a Pakistani military installation in the Loi Mamond area of Bajaur district on Thursday, with initial reports indicating a suspected suicide blast followed by an armed assault on the compound. An exchange of fire is ongoing. No official casualty figures have been confirmed and no group has yet claimed responsibility.
Security forces have deployed additional personnel to the area. The situation remains unclear and authorities have not issued a formal statement.
The attack comes against a backdrop of rapidly escalating violence across Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. On May 9, a suicide bomber and multiple fighters detonated an explosives-laden vehicle near a security post in Bannu, killing at least 21 police officers. The Ittehad-ul-Mujahideen Pakistan alliance of armed groups claimed responsibility. Daily Pakistan
Days later on May 12, a blast in the Serai Naurang area of Lakki Marwat killed at least seven people, including two police officers, and wounded 23 others. Express News
Pakistan has accused Afghanistan-based militants of orchestrating the recent wave of attacks, a charge the Afghan Taliban government has rejected, maintaining that Afghan territory is not being used to plan attacks against other countries.
