Overview

• Casualty estimates range from roughly 20 to 30 dead, including women and children, after an overnight explosion in Matre Dara village in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Tirah Valley.
• Local witnesses and some intelligence sources allege Pakistan Air Force JF-17 jets dropped multiple China-made LS-6 glide bombs around 2 a.m., striking residential areas.
• The military denies conducting airstrikes and says militants’ hidden explosives detonated inside a house, collapsing nearby homes and killing both fighters and civilians allegedly used as human shields.
• Police cited by the Associated Press report at least 24 dead, including about 14 militants and about 10 civilians, and named TTP commanders Aman Gul and Masood Khan as linked to a bomb-making site at the compound.
• Tribal elders and residents launched protests after the incident, and the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan urged an immediate, impartial inquiry as the region faces a broader surge in militant violence and counterterror operations.