Overview
- An overnight explosion destroyed the Government Primary School in Ayaz Kot, village Khushhali, in Mir Ali tehsil.
- More than 600 enrolled children lost access to the area’s only functioning primary school.
- Security forces cordoned off the site, launched search operations, and collected evidence, with initial assessments pointing to a remote-controlled or timed device.
- No group has claimed responsibility, and district officials denounced the attack as an anti-education act.
- In a separate incident in the Esuri area, a mortar shell brought into Madrassah Shams-ul-Quran exploded, killing two children and injuring 16 who were moved to hospitals in Bannu.