Four soldiers, two schoolchildren killed in attacks in northwest Pakistan

The roadside bombing happened in South Waziristan district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, local police officer Dilawar Khan said on Thursday. No one immediately claimed responsibility for the attack, but the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) armed group, also known as Pakistan Taliban, has stepped up its assaults in the region since its ally, the Afghan Taliban, seized power in neighbouring Afghanistan in 2021.

Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif expressed grief and sorrow over the killing of the soldiers and said, Our war against terrorists will continue until the complete elimination of terrorism from the country.

Islamabad has also accused Kabul's rulers of failing to root out rebels from staging attacks on Pakistan from over the border. Last month, 10 Pakistani police officers were killed in an attack on a security checkpoint.

For years, Pakistan Taliban fighters have been attacking the country and its forces in a bid to overthrow the government and replace it with its interpretation of a strict Islamic system.

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