Pakistan summoned a Taliban diplomat after a deadly car bombing in the northwestern district of Bajaur killed 11 Pakistani soldiers, the Foreign Ministry said on Thursday, escalating already tense tensions between Islamabad and the Taliban.
The attack, which took place on Monday in the Malangi area of Bajaur in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province, targeted a Pakistani military and administrative post. Pakistan’s military said a vehicle packed with explosives rammed the perimeter wall of the checkpoint, causing a collapse that killed 11 service members.
