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       Attack on Pakistani Security Post Near Afghanistan Kills 23 Soldiers

       Tensions have been rising between Pakistan and Afghanistan, and violence in the border area has increased since Pakistan directed all undocumented foreigners to leave the country.

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       Rescue workers examined damage at the site of an explosion on the outskirts of Dera Ismail Khan, Pakistan, on Tuesday. Credit...Adil Mughal/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images

       By Salman Masood and Zia ur-Rehman

       Reporting from Islamabad, Pakistan

       Dec. 12, 2023

       Twenty-three soldiers were killed in northwestern Pakistan on Tuesday when heavily armed militants attacked a security post in one of the deadliest assaults on the country’s security forces in recent years, officials said.

       The pre-dawn raid occurred on the outskirts of Dera Ismail Khan, a district in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province, which borders Afghanistan and has been plagued by militancy and terrorist attacks since the Afghan Taliban took power in the neighboring country two years ago.

       The militants initiated the attack by ramming an explosive-laden vehicle into the compound’s outer perimeter, beside a police station, causing a building to collapse and leading to numerous casualties, the Pakistani military said in a statement. After a fierce gun battle, all six attackers were killed, it said.

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