Overview
- Attackers drove an explosives-laden vehicle into a police post in Bannu, then opened fire, leaving 15 officers dead and three wounded as images showed the post in ruins.
- Police said all of those killed were members of the force, and one more officer was reported missing after the assault.
- An anonymous senior official said the raiders used small drones and heavy weapons and took captives and police arms while retreating, a claim not independently verified.
- No group had claimed responsibility, though coverage placed the strike within a pattern of Pakistani Taliban attacks that often hit Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
- The violence strains already tense cross‑border relations, as Pakistan alleges militants find sanctuary in Afghanistan and the Taliban government rejects the accusation.