IED event in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Kabal, Swat District area, Pakistan on Sun 2nd August 2026

At least 17 people, including 10 civilians and seven Policemen, were killed while 23 others sustained injuries in a suicide attack on Kabal Police Station in Swat District of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on August 2, reports The Khyber Chronicles. According to the Swat District Police Officer (DPO) Umar Khan, the suicide bomber detonated explosives after Police personnel attempted to stop and search him at the entrance of the Police Station. The explosion occurred near the gate of Kabal Police Station while hundreds of people were participating in a public demonstration at nearby Kabal Chowk against the recent wave of terrorism in Swat Valley. Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) claimed responsibility for the attack. According to the TTP statement, both the Pashtun Tahafuz Movement (PTM) gathering and Police personnel were the intended targets of the assault.