Taliban Offshoot Claims Responsibility for Deadly Attack on Pakistan Army Base

At least 23 soldiers killed and dozens injured in suicide bombing in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province

An attack on a police station in Dera Ismail Khan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan, has resulted in at least 23 soldiers being killed and dozens injured. The attack was carried out by a suicide bomber who drove a vehicle filled with explosives into the station's main gate.
The newly formed militant group Tehreek-e-Jihad Pakistan (TJP), believed to be an offshoot of the Pakistani Taliban, has claimed responsibility for the attack.
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province has seen a rise in violence, particularly against security forces, since the Taliban took power in neighbouring Afghanistan in 2021.
Pakistan's caretaker Prime Minister Anwaar ul-Haq Kakar and caretaker Interior Minister Sarfraz Bugti have condemned the attack.
The attack has further strained relations between Pakistan and Afghanistan's Taliban-led administration, with Pakistan accusing the Taliban of hosting leaders of the TTP across the shared border from where they launch their attacks.