Suicide Bombing in Pakistan Exposes Growing Threat to Regional Stability and U.S. Interests

In the rugged borderlands of Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, a suicide bomb attack targeting police forces tragically underscored the fragile security situation near Afghanistan—a menace with broader implications that Washington cannot afford to ignore. The death of a police officer in Lakki Marwat district is not an isolated incident but part of a steady surge in militant violence tied to the Pakistan Taliban (TTP) and separatist groups emboldened by instability along the porous Afghan border. Meanwhile, insurgents claimed responsibility for an attack on a Pakistani military facility in Balochistan’s Nokandi district, signaling how separatist unrest continues to drain Islamabad’s resources...