Suicide bombing in Pakistan’s Dera Ismail Khan kills several people

Majority of those killed and wounded are security personnel, police say.Published On 26 Sep 202626 Sep 2026At least 12 people have been killed and 30 wounded in a suicide bombing at a roadside police checkpoint in northwestern Pakistan, police told Al Jazeera.The attack took place on Saturday in the Dera Ismail Khan district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, local police said.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemslist 1 of 3Pakistani forces kill Afghan Taliban fighters in border escalationlist 2 of 3Afghanistan vows to respond after Pakistani air strikes kill fourlist 3 of 3Afghanistan says three killed in Pakistani air attacksend of listPolice chief Safdar Baloch said most of those killed and wounded were security personnel and passersby. The injured include police officers, customs personnel and two civilians.No group immediately claimed responsibility, but suspicion fell on the Pakistan Taliban, known by the acronym TTP, said Al Jazeera’s Osama bin Javaid, reporting from Pakistan.The armed group and its affiliates have launched a number of recent attacks in the region.The TTP is separate from but closely allied with the Afghan Taliban, which returned to power in Afghanistan in 2021.T...