Last Updated on September 26, 2026 by YeJahan
TTP responds two days after Pakistan neutralizes militants in Afghanistan air strikeYEJAHAN REPORT
DERA ISMAIL KHAN (Sept 26): At least 11 people including six policemen have been killed and 30 others injured after Fitna al Khwarij’s militans targeted a crucial security checkpoint in the Darazinda area of Dera Ismail Khan.
The Aman Mela checkpost, which came under attack on Saturday, is located near Mughal Kot and Darazinda on the DI Khan-Quetta Road, close to the border between Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan. It is a vital security and customs installation operated by the police to monitor transit along the major highway linking Dera Ismail Khan and Quetta.
According to local emergency services, attackers packed a Chingchi loader-rickshaw with heavy explosives and parked it directly outside the checkpost. Other reports stated it was a suicide bomber who rammed the rickshaw into the checkpoint. The subsequent detonation completely destroyed the facility, leaving police and customs personnel buried under the rubble. Eyewitnesses reported a fierce gun battle erupting immediately after the blast, with plumes of thick smoke visible from several miles away.
According to rescue services, six policemen, two Customs officials, two women, and a child were among the dead. Rescue 1122 said 20 injured people had so far been provided initial medical assistance, with 18 of them referred to medical facilities in Darazinda and Mufti Mahmood Hospital in DI Khan for further treatment. Several of the injured are in critical condition.
The defunct Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), referred to as Fitna al-Khawarij by Pakistani security agencies, has claimed responsibility for the bombing. The attack launched by the TTP two days after Pakistan neutralized militants in Afghanistan air strike.
Police said bomb disposal teams had been dispatched to the site to determine the exact nature and cause of the explosion.
Regional Police Officer (RPO) Dera Ghulam Mubashir, on the other hand, stated that 12 people died in the blast, clarifying that no Pakistan Army or police personnel were among the deceased. Twelve people—including nine men, two women, and a child—were killed in the Darazinda blast, he said.
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