{"id":20223,"date":"2026-05-10T07:22:42","date_gmt":"2026-05-10T07:22:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/car-bomb-attack-kills-12-at-checkpoint-in-northwestern-pakistan\/"},"modified":"2026-05-10T07:22:42","modified_gmt":"2026-05-10T07:22:42","slug":"car-bomb-attack-kills-12-at-checkpoint-in-northwestern-pakistan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/car-bomb-attack-kills-12-at-checkpoint-in-northwestern-pakistan\/","title":{"rendered":"Car bomb attack kills 12 at checkpoint in northwestern Pakistan"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Militants detonated a car bomb at a checkpoint in northwestern Pakistan and opened fire on police, killing at least 12 and wounding five, officials said on Sunday.<\/p>\n

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A crane removes a burned armored vehicle from a damaged police checkpost site following a car bombing attack by militants in the Fateh Khel area of Pakistan’s Bannu. (AFP)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n

“Last night in the Fateh Khel area of Bannu, a suicide bomber rammed an explosives-laden vehicle into a police checkpoint, after which multiple militants entered the post,” Bannu police official Muhammad Sajjad Khan told AFP.<\/p>\n

He said that 12 officers were confirmed dead with one more missing, the latest attack in the border province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa during a wave of militancy that has strained ties between Islamabad and Kabul.<\/p>\n

Gunmen stormed the police checkpost after the car blast, opening fire, according to officials who said they also used small drones in the attack.<\/p>\n

“During the assault, the militants used quadcopters along with heavy weaponry,” a senior administrative official in Bannu told AFP on condition of anonymity.<\/p>\n

“In addition, while retreating, the attackers took police personnel and weapons from the station with them,” he added.<\/p>\n

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Bannu has been gripped in recent years by militant activity that has grown across Pakistan’s border regions.<\/p>\n

The Taliban government in Kabul denies Pakistan’s accusations that Afghan territory is a safe harbour for militants, but the frosty relationship has spiralled into deadly armed conflict, including Pakistani airstrikes on cities in Afghanistan in recent months.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Militants detonated a car bomb at a checkpoint in northwestern Pakistan and opened fire on police, killing at least 12 and wounding five, officials said on Sunday. A crane removes a burned armored vehicle from a damaged police checkpost site following a car bombing attack by militants in the Fateh Khel area of Pakistan’s Bannu….<\/p>\n

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