Blast comes a day after an assault claimed by the Pakistan Taliban, amid surging tensions with Kabul over the group.
Printed On 3 Dec 2025
A roadside bomb has killed three Pakistani cops close to the Afghan border, officers say.
The blast on Wednesday, during which two different officers had been wounded, occurred within the nation’s restive northwest area of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. The persevering with cycle of violence within the space has not too long ago despatched stress spiralling between Pakistan and Afghanistan.
Preliminary studies steered the trigger was an “improvised explosive machine,” Ali Hamza, a police official within the close by metropolis of Dera Ismail Khan, instructed the AFP information company.
No group has claimed accountability for Wednesday’s assault, however Inside Minister Mohsin Naqvi has been fast guilty the Pakistan Taliban, often known as Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), which has lengthy carried out assaults within the province.
Islamabad accuses Afghanistan of offering the TTP with a protected haven for the reason that Taliban’s takeover in 2021.
The Taliban denies that its territory is utilized by the group.
Spillover
The tensions spilled over into fierce clashes in October, with dozens of individuals killed in what was the worst combating across the border for the reason that Taliban took energy.
A ceasefire has tentatively held since, however stress has continued to seethe.
Kabul has accused its neighbour of finishing up air strikes in its japanese provinces, whereas Pakistan has been hit with a surge of assaults.
A suicide bombing at an Islamabad courtroom advanced that killed 12 folks and an assault on a paramilitary headquarters in Peshawar have saved suspicion effervescent in Pakistan, with authorities pointing on the TTP and arresting four members of an Afghan cell after the Islamabad bombing.
On Tuesday, gunmen killed a neighborhood administrator and two officers within the metropolis of Bannu in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, wounding three others, police officer Kamal Khan instructed the AFP information company.
A faction of the TTP claimed accountability for the assault, the company reported.
Stories of latest talks
As information of Wednesday’s assault got here, the Reuters information company reported that Kabul and Islamabad had held new peace talks in Saudi Arabia.
The events reportedly agreed to take care of the ceasefire, with one Afghan official suggesting that Kabul is open to additional conferences in pursuit of a optimistic final result.
The 2 sides signed a ceasefire in Doha in October, however a second spherical of negotiations in Istanbul final month ended with none long-term deal being reached.
Pakistan says that it desires its neighbour to decide to taking motion towards the TTP. Kabul retorts that it can’t be anticipated to ensure safety in a neighbouring nation.
