A mosque in the northwestern province of Khyber Pakhtung in northwestern Pakistan exploded today. Local police said the explosion had killed 16 people and injured dozens more. The police and attackers are still in the middle of an exchange of fire. Pakistani Prime Minister Shahbaz has instructed the local government to speed up rescue operations. Currently, no organization has claimed to have carried out this attack.

A mosque in the northwestern province of Khyber Pakhtung in northwestern Pakistan exploded today. Local police said the explosion had killed 16 people and injured dozens more. The police and attackers are still in the middle of an exchange of fire. Pakistani Prime Minister Shahbaz has instructed the local government to speed up rescue operations. Currently, no organization has claimed to have carried out this attack.