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The Pakistani Taliban connected Saturday (October 11, 2025) claimed work for deadly attacks successful respective northwestern districts that killed 20 information officials and 3 civilians.
The attacks, which included a termination bombing connected a constabulary grooming school, were carried retired connected Friday (October 10, 2025) successful respective districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa state that borders Afghanistan.
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Militancy has surged successful Khyber Pakhtunkhwa since the withdrawal of U.S.-led troops from neighbouring Afghanistan successful 2021 and the instrumentality of the Taliban authorities successful Kabul.
Eleven paramilitary troops were killed successful the borderline Khyber district, portion 7 policemen were killed aft a termination bomber rammed an explosives-laden car into the gross of a constabulary grooming school, which was followed by a weapon attack.
"Seven constabulary unit were martyred and 13 were injured successful the attack, portion six terrorists were besides killed," Muhammad Hussain, a elder section constabulary official, told AFP.
Five people, including 3 civilians, were killed successful a abstracted clash betwixt militants and paramilitary troops successful Bajaur district, information officials told AFP on Saturday.
The Pakistani Taliban, the Tehreek-e-Taliban (TTP), claimed work for the attacks successful messages connected societal media. The radical is abstracted to but intimately linked with the Afghan Taliban.
The attacks came hours aft Afghanistan's Taliban authorities accused Pakistan of "violating Kabul's sovereign territory", a time aft 2 explosions were heard successful the capital.
Pakistan did not accidental if it was down the blasts successful Kabul, but said it had the close to support itself against surging borderline militancy.
'Enough is enough'
Islamabad accuses Afghanistan of failing to expel militants utilizing Afghan territory to motorboat attacks connected Pakistan, an accusation that authorities successful Kabul deny.
The TTP and its affiliates are down astir of the unit — mostly directed astatine information forces.
Including Friday's attacks astatine slightest 32 Pakistani troops and 3 civilians person been killed this week unsocial successful the borderline regions, portion dozens of militants were besides killed.
More than 500 people, including 311 troops and 73 policemen, person been killed successful attacks since January up to September 15, a subject spokesperson said connected Friday.
Earlier this year, a UN study said the TTP "receive important logistical and operational enactment from the de facto authorities", referring to the Taliban authorities successful Kabul.
Pakistani Defence Minister Khawaja Muhammad Asif told parliament connected Thursday that respective efforts to person the Afghan Taliban to halt backing the TTP had failed.
"We volition not tolerate this immoderate longer," Mr. Asif said. "United, we indispensable respond to those facilitating them, whether the hideouts are connected our ungraded oregon Afghan soil."
He warned that immoderate effect could origin collateral damage. "Everyone volition person to carnivore the consequences, including those providing the hideouts," helium said.
"Enough is enough," helium added. "The Pakistani authorities and army's patience has tally out."
