Pakistan is spiraling down the drain in an internal security crisis – a suicide bombing rocked North Waziristan! On 28th June 2025, a fidayeen attack left 13 Pakistani soldiers dead and 24 others injured, including innocent civilians.
The early morning attack in the Khaddi region has once again exposed the volatile underbelly of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Anti-Pakistan sentiments have led militant groups once nurtured by the state to openly target Pakistani forces. The strike, claimed by the banned group Usod-ul-Harb, is not just another terror incident – it is a loud signal that Pakistan’s “strategic assets” have become its deadliest liabilities.
Bloodbath in Khaddi, North Waziritasn: Suicide Bomber Shatters Military Might
On the morning of 28th June 2025, the dusty village of Khaddi in North Waziristan turned into a warzone. A suicide attacker rammed an explosives-laden vehicle into a Mine-Resistant Ambush Protected (MRAP) vehicle of the Pakistan Army’s bomb disposal unit. The explosion was so violent that even buildings hundreds of meters away felt the tremors.
Thirteen soldiers perished on the spot -with at least 24 others, including 14 civilians — women and children — suffering injuries.
Reports suggest that many now battle for their lives in military hospitals. Helicopters buzzed overhead while soldiers imposed a curfew and launched combing operations, painting a grim picture of Pakistan’s most volatile province once again on edge.
Pakistan Faces Terrorism’s True Face: Who Are “Usod-ul-Harb”?
The attack wasn’t random. It was claimed by the banned group Usod-ul-Harb, a sub-faction of the Hafiz Gul Bahadur network. This group was once known to enjoy a silent patronage from Pakistan’s ISI and army.
This time, the “Huzaifa Istishhadi Kandak”, a suicide wing of Usod-ul-Harb, took credit. Their message was chillingly clear: “This is just the beginning.”
More worryingly for Pakistan, this group is now part of a broader umbrella called “Ittehad-ul-Mujahideen Pakistan.” This a deadly fusion of Taliban-aligned splinter groups, foreign fighters, and homegrown jihadists. Many such groups turned rogue after decades of ISI-backed “strategic depth” policy in Afghanistan failed in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. The serpent raised by ISI has returned to bite its handler.
North Waziristan: From Proxy Playground to Open Battlefield
North Waziristan was the launchpad for Pakistan’s proxy warfare against Afghanistan and India. However, today, it burns from within with the fires originally meant for Bharat. This is not the first attack in North Waziristan against the Pakistani Army, but it may be one of the bloodiest this year.
Pakistan’s decades-old experiment of nurturing jihadist groups for strategic leverage has backfired spectacularly.
Despite numerous “cleansing operations” – Zarb-e-Azb, Radd-ul-Fasaad, TTP – terror keeps bouncing back. These groups are no longer under control by the ISI and function on their own objectives. Moreover, they consider the Pakistani army itself as the enemy.
As usual, the Pakistani media is under-reporting the truth. Women and children lie in ICU beds, maimed by a war they neither started nor supported. Meanwhile, the state continues to turn a blind eye to the ideological poison it supported in the region for decades. While Islamabad tries to maintain appearances of stability for global diplomacy and IMF loans, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa is unraveling.
North Waziristan — once a hub of covert ISI and CIA operations — is now a terrorist cauldron beyond control.
Pakistan’s terror Frankenstein is out of its cage.
The hate it once exported is now consuming its own army – one soldier at a time.