{"id":18313,"date":"2026-07-25T06:30:21","date_gmt":"2026-07-25T06:30:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/2026\/07\/25\/fifteen-killed-attack-security-post-khyber-pakhtunkhwa\/"},"modified":"2026-07-25T06:30:21","modified_gmt":"2026-07-25T06:30:21","slug":"fifteen-killed-attack-security-post-khyber-pakhtunkhwa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/2026\/07\/25\/fifteen-killed-attack-security-post-khyber-pakhtunkhwa\/","title":{"rendered":"Fifteen Killed in Attack on Security Post in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Pakistan Army has announced that 15 people, including 12 military personnel, two police officers, and one forestry department worker, were killed in an armed attack on a security post in Tank District of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province.<\/p>\n<p>The Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) of the Pakistan Army stated that the incident occurred on the night between July 23 and 24, when the attackers attempted to enter the post but were met with resistance from the stationed forces. According to the agency, after retreating, the attackers were pursued by security forces, resulting in the death of 12 of them.<\/p>\n<p>ISPR&#8217;s newsletter further reported that the attackers then rammed a vehicle loaded with explosives into the perimeter wall of the post. The explosion severely damaged the building and facilities of the post, causing the noted casualties.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Al Jazeera has reported that Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) has claimed responsibility for the attack, stating that four militants participated in the operation.<\/p>\n<p>Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province has witnessed an increase in armed attacks in recent years, and Tank District is among the areas frequently targeted by security incidents.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fifteen people, including military and police, were killed in an attack on a security post in Pakistan&#8217;s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, claimed by TTP.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":18312,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18313","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-important-news","category-international"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18313","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18313"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18313\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18312"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18313"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18313"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18313"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}