Overview
- A suicide bomber detonated at the gate of the Frontier Corps headquarters in Nokkundi, where quick response units killed at least three attackers and launched a clearance operation.
- Frontier Corps statements referred to the assailants as ‘Fitna-al-Khawarij’—the state’s term for the TTP—while separate reports cited claimed responsibility by BLA and BLF, underscoring contested attribution.
- Investigators confirmed all three suicide attackers in the November 24 Peshawar FC HQ assault were Afghan nationals, with more than 100 suspects questioned and CCTV tracing their route from Rehman Baba graveyard.
- Police said the Peshawar attack killed three FC personnel and injured 11, and evidence recovery includes the militants’ motorcycle and fingerprints, with no mobile phones found on the bombers.
- Balochistan saw at least seven blasts in 24 hours, including twin explosions on Quetta’s Qambrani Road that caused no casualties and a separate blast near Lohr Karez that damaged railway tracks and suspended train traffic, as firing was also reported at a Panjgur checkpost.