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Roadside Bomb Kills Three Pakistani Police Officers Near Afghan Border as Ceasefire Remains Fragile

05:16 PM, 12/03/2025
Roadside Bomb Kills Three Pakistani Police Officers Near Afghan Border as Ceasefire Remains Fragile

A roadside bomb in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa killed three Pakistani police officers and wounded two others. Pakistan blamed the Pakistan Taliban (TTP), an accusation rejected by Afghan authorities. The attack comes amid a fragile ceasefire and renewed talks between Islamabad and Kabul aimed at preventing further cross-border violence.

A roadside bomb exploded on Wednesday in Pakistan’s northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, killing three police officers and wounding two others, officials said. The blast occurred near the Afghan border in an area long troubled by militant activity and cross-border tensions.

Attack and casualties

Local police said initial investigations pointed to an improvised explosive device (IED) as the cause of the explosion. The two wounded officers were taken to a nearby hospital for treatment. No group has officially claimed responsibility for the attack.

Accusations and regional tensions

Pakistan’s Interior Minister quickly blamed the Pakistan Taliban (Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan, TTP), which has carried out repeated attacks in the province. Islamabad accuses elements of the TTP of operating from sanctuaries inside Afghanistan — an allegation Afghan authorities reject, denying that Taliban-controlled territory is being used by the group.

Recent incidents and diplomatic efforts

The explosion comes amid a recent surge of violence in Pakistan, including a suicide bombing at an Islamabad court complex that killed a number of people and an attack on a paramilitary headquarters in Peshawar. Authorities said they arrested several suspects they linked to the Islamabad attack, and a faction of the TTP has claimed responsibility for a separate assault in the city of Bannu that killed a local administrator and two officers.

Diplomatically, officials from Pakistan and Afghanistan have met in recent weeks to shore up a ceasefire agreed in October. Delegations reportedly held fresh talks in Saudi Arabia and pledged to uphold the truce, though previous rounds of negotiations in Doha and Istanbul failed to secure a lasting agreement. Pakistan continues to press Afghanistan to take concrete action against TTP militants, while Kabul says it cannot guarantee security inside another country.

What this means: The attack highlights the fragile security situation along the Pakistan-Afghanistan border and underscores the challenges facing efforts to translate temporary ceasefires into durable peace.

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