At least 14 terrorists and 10 civilians were killed in a powerful explosion at an improvised explosive device (IED) manufacturing facility in the Akakhel area of Khyber district, Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P), late on Sunday night.
According to the state-run Associated Press of Pakistan (APP), the blast occurred inside the IED-making factory set up by Khawarij militants Amaan Gul and Masood Tashkeel. The term Khawarij refers to terrorists belonging to the outlawed Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP). However, controversy erupted on Monday when provincial lawmaker Sohail Afridi, speaking on the floor of the K-P Assembly, claimed that 25 people had actually died when security forces carried out a deadly airstrike in the Tirah valley.
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Source: The Express Tribune News
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