Over a dozen soldiers have been killed and several others injured in a suicide attack in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan, officials said, according to Al Jazeera.
The latest case is the seventh polio case reported in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in 2025, demonstrating the concerns over virus circulation in high-risk zones.
The victim in Sindh has been identified as a 25-year-old fisherman from Ibrahim Hyderi, while fatalities in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa have been reported from Karak and North Waziristan.
The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has expressed deep concerns regarding the ongoing drone and quadcopter strikes in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, which are reported to have resulted in civilian deaths, including those of children, and has called for a thorough investigation as well as imp
In an interview with ANI, the activist claimed that the areas populated by Pashtuns in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa are being utilised as a "laboratory" by the Pakistani military to test various weapons, notably drones.
Speaking to Dawn, students and teachers of the government high schools said that the new academic year started in the first week of April but there were still facing shortage of course books.
At least seven people were killed and more than a dozen injured after a blast targeted a peace committee office in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa's South Waziristan district. Police confirmed the explosion occurred during a meeting. No group has yet claimed responsibility.
KP remained the worst-affected province, followed by Balochistan. In KP's settled districts, militants carried out 27 attacks, resulting in 19 fatalities, including 11 security personnel, six civilians, and two militants.
Pakistan security forces have killed at least 10 terrorists in an Intelligence-based Operation (IBO) in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa's Dera Ismail Khan district, Geo News reported, quoting the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR).
The Jaffar Express, with some 400 passengers on board in nine bogies, was on its way from Quetta in Pakistan's southwestern Balochistan province to Peshawar in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa when the BLA opened fire on it, injuring the driver and taking the passengers as hostages.