In Dera Ismail Khan, Pakistan, a terrorist attack targeted a barracks, resulting in the deaths of 23 soldiers. Six attackers tried breaching security near a police station but were stopped. They detonated an explosives-laden vehicle, causing a section of the station to collapse. Interior Minister Sarfraz Bugti labeled it a terrorist attack, and Tehreek-e-Jihad Pakistan (TJP), linked to the Pakistani Taliban, claimed responsibility.

Dera Ismail Khan has historical ties to the Taliban and such violent incidents.