24 killed in blast at militant compound in Pakistans Tirah Valley of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

Bomb-making materials allegedly saved at a compound by Pakistani Taliban fighters exploded on Monday (September 22, 2025) within the nation’s restive northwest, killing a minimum of 24 folks, together with militants and civilians, police mentioned.

The blast occurred within the Tirah Valley of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province and destroyed a number of close by properties.

Local police officer Zafar Khan mentioned a minimum of 10 civilians, together with girls and kids, had been killed, together with a minimum of 14 militants.

Khan alleged that two native Pakistani Taliban commanders, Aman Gul and Masood Khan, had established hideouts within the compound, which was getting used as a manufacturing unit for producing roadside bombs. He accused the militants of utilizing civilians as human shields and mentioned they’d lately saved weapons in mosques in different districts.

Pakistan’s safety forces are finishing up operations in opposition to the Pakistani Taliban in Khyber, Bajaur and different elements of the northwest.

Pakistan has seen a surge in militant assaults, most claimed by the Pakistani Taliban, often known as Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan or TTP, who’re allied with the Afghan Taliban. The TTP is a separate group however has been emboldened because the Afghan Taliban’s return to energy in 2021. Many TTP leaders and fighters are believed to have discovered sanctuary in Afghanistan.