Pakistani forces foiled an attempted suicide attack on a security post in the South Waziristan area of northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province near the Afghan border, leaving one civilian dead and several others injured, a police official told Anadolu over the phone on Tuesday.
The attacker attempted to ram an explosives-laden vehicle into a military post near Azam Warsak Bazaar late on Monday, said the local police official in the emergency control room on the condition of anonymity, as he was not authorised to speak to the media.
Security personnel engaged the vehicle before it could reach its target, triggering an explosion at a distance, he added.
The blast caused damage to nearby structures, where one civilian lost their life while around 12 others were injured and transported to a hospital in Wana, according to police.
Pakistan has seen an increase in terrorist attacks in recent years in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan provinces, which it says are linked to the Afghanistan-based Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP). Kabul has denied the accusations.
