At least 14 people killed in spate of attacks in PakistanAFP, PESHAWAR, PakistanTwo bomb attacks and a gunfight between police and militants in northwest Pakistan killed at least 11 security personnel and three civilians, including a child, a security official said. The separate incidents on Monday in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province, which left at least 25 others wounded, come as Pakistan’s security forces battle intensifying insurgencies in southern and northern provinces that border Afghanistan. Relatives accompany an injured blast victim inside a hospital in the city of Bannu in Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province on Monday. “As a result, eight police and Frontier Corps personnel present inside the seminary were martyred and 10 others injured,” he said. Elsewhere, three police personnel and three militants were also killed during a search operation in Shangla District.

Source: Taipei Times February 17, 2026 17:29 UTC