A suicide bomber struck inside a mosque in northwestern Pakistan, reportedly killing at least 20 people and wounding scores more, officials said.
The Pakistani group is believed to have gained strength over the last couple years, since the Afghan Taliban retook control of the neighboring country in August 2021. The TTP are a separate group to the Afghan Taliban, but they are close allies.
Police officers clear the way for ambulances carrying victims of a bomb attack on a mosque in Peshawar, Pakistan, January 30, 2023. A Pakistani security officer who spoke to CBS News on the condition of anonymity said the country's armed forces had made significant strides against the TTP but that the group had managed to regain operational strength by operating across the Afghan border, enabling it to"start attacking soft targets in Pakistan.
A survivor of Monday's attack, 38-year-old police officer Meena Gul, said he was inside the mosque when the bomb went off. He said he didn't know how he survived unhurt. He could hear cries and screams after the bomb exploded, he said. Gul said there were more than 150 worshippers inside the mosque when the bomb went off.
"Due to security threats and fears of Taliban attack, police were on high alert," he said,"but this tragic attack took the lives of many police and civilians."
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