Pakistan on Monday summoned the Afghan Taliban regime's chargé d'affaires and delivered a strong demarche over the deadly suicide attack on a police post in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa's Bannu district, warning that Islamabad reserved the right to respond. The attack, which occurred on May 11, 2026, killed at least 10 police officers and wounded several others, according to local officials.
The Foreign Office in Islamabad confirmed the meeting, stating that Pakistan expressed grave concern over the use of Afghan soil by terrorist groups to launch attacks against Pakistan. The demarche demanded that the Afghan interim government take immediate and verifiable action against the perpetrators and prevent future cross-border attacks.
No group has claimed responsibility for the attack, but Pakistani officials suspect the involvement of the Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), which has intensified attacks in recent months. The Afghan Taliban have denied harboring TTP fighters, but tensions between the two neighbors have risen sharply.
The Bannu attack is the latest in a series of incidents that have strained relations between Islamabad and Kabul. Pakistan has repeatedly called on the Afghan Taliban to fulfill their commitments under the Doha Agreement to prevent terrorist groups from operating on Afghan soil.
