- A bomb blast targeting a security forces vehicle near a hospital complex in Pakistan’s Peshawar city on Monday, killed one security personnel and injured several others.
- Police said that according to initial reports, five FC officials and three civilians have been injured as a result of the blast.
- The blast appeared to have been an improvised explosive device (IED) attack.
- Pakistan has been hit by a wave of terrorist activities orchestrated by the outlawed terror outfit.
- The Pakistani Taliban later claimed responsibility for the attack.
- The Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) was set up as an umbrella group of several terror outfits in 2007.
A bomb blast targeting a security forces vehicle near a hospital complex in Pakistan’s Peshawar city on Monday killed one security personnel and injured several others, including four paramilitary force personnel, a senior police official said.
The attack took place on personnel of the Frontier Constabulary (FC) in front of Prime Hospital on Warsak Road in this capital city of the restive Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. Warsak Superintendent of Police (SP) Mohammad Arshad Khan said that according to initial reports, five FC officials and three civilians have been injured as a result of the blast.
He added that the blast appeared to have been an improvised explosive device (IED) attack. Mr Khan said that further investigation was underway and that a report by the Bomb Disposal Unit would further clarify the nature of the blast.
Recently, Pakistan has been hit by a wave of terrorist activities orchestrated by the outlawed terror outfit. Last week, four Pakistani soldiers were killed and seven others injured when the Taliban attacked two border check posts in the restive northwestern Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province’s Chitral district.
The Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) was set up as an umbrella group of several terror outfits in 2007. The Pakistani Taliban later claimed responsibility for the attack. The outlawed Pakistani Taliban, known as Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan or TTP, have intensified their attacks on Pakistani security forces since pulling out of a unilateral cease-fire agreement with the government last November. The outfit, which is believed to be close to Al-Qaeda, has been blamed for several deadly attacks across Pakistan, including an attack on army headquarters in 2009, assaults on military bases, and the 2008 bombing of the Marriott Hotel in Islamabad.
They are a separate group but are allied with the Afghan Taliban, who took over Afghanistan in August 2021, following the withdrawal of U.S. and NATO forces from the country. The takeover emboldened the TTP, who often carry out attacks near the Afghan border and elsewhere in the country.
Although the Pakistani military claims it has cleared much of the northwest of militants, the violence has continued, raising concerns that the Pakistani Taliban are regrouping in the area.
(With inputs from agencies)
