At least 13 soldiers were killed in a town near the Afghan border after an explosive-laden car rammed into a Pakistani military convoy on Saturday.
According to four Pakistani intelligence officials and a senior local administrator, the convoy was attacked in the Mir Ali area of the North Waziristan district.
They also added that around 10 other soldiers were wounded, some critically, and they were being airlifted to a military hospital.
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In a statement from the office of the chief minister of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, he said it was a suicide bombing, adding it killed eight security officials.
Chief Minister Ali Amin Gandapur condemned the bombing and offered condolences to the soldiers’ families.
“It was huge, a big bang,” the local administrator told Reuters, adding that residents of the town could see a large amount of smoke billowing from the scene from a great distance.
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According to a local resident at the scene, the explosion rattled the windowpanes of nearby houses and caused some roofs to collapse.
No one has so far claimed responsibility and the Pakistani military did not respond to any request for a comment.
