- A bomb rigged to a rickshaw exploded in a bazaar in Lakki Marwat, northwest Pakistan, on Tuesday, killing at least nine people and wounding more than two dozen others.
- The fatalities included two traffic police officers and a woman, with the attack taking place in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province amidst escalating regional violence.
- Although no group immediately claimed responsibility, suspicion is likely to fall on the Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), an ally of Afghanistan’s Taliban government, which has intensified its campaign against Pakistani security forces.
- This incident occurred days after 15 police officers were killed in a suicide bombing and gun assault in the nearby Bannu district, leading Pakistan to summon a senior Afghan diplomat to lodge a formal complaint.
- The surge in militant violence has strained relations between Pakistan and Afghanistan, with Pakistani authorities accusing the Afghan Taliban government of sheltering TTP militants, an allegation Kabul denies.
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At least 9 killed after bomb rigged to rickshaw explodes in Pakistan market
