Militant assault kills 11 labourers in Pakistan: Caretaker PM Anwaar-ul-Haq Kakar
1 min readEleven labourers have been killed in a militant assault in Northwestern Pakistan, caretaker prime minister Anwaar-ul-Haq Kakar mentioned on Sunday in a submit on social media platform X, previously referred to as Twitter.
Security and police officers in northern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province mentioned a suspected improvised explosive gadget detonated, tearing by a truck carrying the employees to a building venture in Waziristan, close to the Afghan border.
“They were working at an army post that is under construction … an IED exploded under a vehicle carrying the labourers,” deputy commissioner of North Waziristan, Rehan Khattak mentioned.
No group instantly claimed duty for the blast.
Pakistan has seen a resurgence of assaults by Islamist militants since final yr when a ceasefire between the Pakistani Taliban, the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) and the federal government broke down.
Other teams together with the Islamic State have additionally claimed duty for some assaults, together with a big blast at a political rally in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa held by a non secular group final month that killed 45.
Published On:
Aug 20, 2023
