Virendra Pandit
New Delhi: At least 13 Pakistan Army soldiers were killed and 29 others, including civilians, were wounded in a suicide attack on a military convoy in North Waziristan in Pakistan on Saturday, the media reported.
The condition of the four injured soldiers is critical.
A suicide attack claimed by the Pakistani Taliban killed 13 soldiers and wounded 29 people, local officers were quoted as saying.
“A suicide bomber rammed an explosive-laden vehicle into a military convoy. The blast killed 13 soldiers, injured 10 army personnel and 19 civilians,” said a local government official in North Waziristan district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province.
“The explosion also caused the roofs of two houses to collapse, injuring six children,” a police officer said.
The attack was claimed by the suicide bomber wing of the Hafiz Gul Bahadur armed group, a faction of the Pakistan Taliban.
Pakistan has witnessed a sharp rise in violence in its restive regions bordering Afghanistan since the Taliban returned to power in Kabul in 2021, with Islamabad accusing its western neighbour of allowing its soil to be used for attacks against Pakistan — a claim the Taliban denies.
Around 290 people, mostly security officials, have been killed in attacks since the start of the year 2025 by armed groups fighting the government in both Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Baluchistan.